NewsNation Will Host Next GOP Primary Debate
09.11.2023 - 14:03
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NewsNation will host the next Republican primary debate, a big get for the fledgling news network.
The fourth GOP debate will take place at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa at 8 p.m. on Dec. 6. The event will be moderated by Megyn Kelly, NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas and The Washington Free Beacon’s Eliana Johnson. The debate also will be simulcast in the eastern and central time zones on The CW, with an encore in other time zones. NewsNationNow.com and Rumble also will stream the event, and SiriusXM’s Triumph Channel will have live audio.
NewsNation started as a three-hour primetime newscast in September, 2020, on WGN America and has expanded to a full-fledged Nexstar news channel. Although it’s viewership is far behind the major news networks, the network has pointed to ratings growth ahead of its larger rivals.
NBC News hosted Wednesday night’s debate in Miami, with Salem Radio Network and Rumble as partners along with the Republican Jewish Coalition. Front runner Donald Trump skipped the event, and he’s indicated that he plans to bypass debates throughout the season.
Fox News hosted the first debate and Fox Business the second. An estimated 12.8 million viewers watched the first debate and 9.5 million tuned in for the second. Those aren’t the blockbuster numbers of 2016, when Trump participated. He famously sparred with Kelly, then a Fox News anchor, at the first debate that cycle, drawing a record 24 million viewers. Kelly now hosts a show for SiriusXM.
Vargas joined NewsNation earlier this year and anchors a nightly newscast.
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