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    Ratings: ABC/Yahoo News Republican debate drew biggest audience of 2012 race so far

    By | The Cutline – Sun, Dec 11, 2011

    Perry and Romney at the Republican debate, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

    The ABC News/Yahoo News Republican presidential debate drew 7.58 million total viewers on Saturday night, making it the most-watched GOP debate of the 2012 campaign season so far.

    The two-hour debate--moderated by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos from Des Moines, Iowa--also drew 2.1 million 25-to-54-year-old viewers, according to Nielsen data, more from that age demographic than any other 2012 GOP debate has.

    The next most-viewed debate was Fox News' Google co-hosted affair on Sept 22. in Orlando, Fla., which drew 6.11 million total viewers, including 1.7 million 25-to-54-year-olds.

    Before Saturday, the most recent televised GOP primary debate--Nov. 22 on CNN--drew 5.48 million total viewers and 1.52 million adults 25-to-54.

    MSNBC's Sept. 7 debate from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., drew 1.73 million 25-to-54-year-olds, now second among all 2012 debates in that demographic.

    ALSO READ: Why the next 10 days are the most critical of the GOP campaign

    ABC and Yahoo's next primetime debate--from New Hampshire--is scheduled for Saturday, January 7 at 9 p.m.; the next GOP debate--co-hosted by Fox News and the Republican Party of Iowa--is slated for Thursday.

    The debate ratings so far:

    May 5, 2011 | Fox News
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 3,258,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 854,000

    June 13, 2011 | CNN
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 3,162,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 918,000

    August 11, 2011 | Fox News
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 5,050,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,426,000

    Sept. 7, 2011 | NBC/MSNBC
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 5,411,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,728,000

    Sept. 12, 2011 | CNN
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 3,613,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,132,000

    Sept. 22, 2011 | Fox New/Google
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 6,107,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,701,000

    Oct. 11, 2o11 | Bloomberg
    TOTAL VIEWERS: N/A 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: N/A

    Oct. 18, 2011 | CNN
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 5,468,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,651,000

    Nov. 9, 2011 | CNBC
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 3,332,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 993,000

    Nov. 12, 2011 | CBS
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 5,480,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,520,000

    Nov. 22, 2011 | CNN
    TOTAL VIEWERS: 3,599,000 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: 1,041,000

    Dec. 10, 2011 | ABC/Yahoo News
    TOTAL VIEWERS: N/A 25-TO-54-YEAR-OLDS: N/A

    Source | Nielsen

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