Ratings for 10/15/08 (Mediabistro.com)

Big ratings day on the 3rd debate night.

5p FOX NEWS (394) Election HQ

6p FOX NEWS (443) Special Report w/ Brit Hume

7p MSNBC (556) Hardball w/ Chris Matthews (special live edition)

8p CNN (1129) Campbell Brown Election Center 

9p CNN (4303) DEBATE

10p* CNN (3697) Anderson Cooper 360

11p CNN (2228) Anderson Cooper 360

*Ratings are after 1031pm, when the debate ended.

Total Debate Viewers:

NBC 9,087,000

FOX NEWS 9,068,000

CNN 8,931,000

ABC 8,261,000

CBS 8,159,000

FOX 7,261,000 (Showed the NLCS rather than the DEBATE)

MSNBC 3,724,000

Total Day CNN (782)

Prime CNN (3114)