Baseball beats out Democratic debate--AP report 6/7/07

WASHINGTON -- "And the winners of Sunday night's Democratic debate were ... A-Rod and Manny Ramirez.

The debate involving the party's eight White House hopefuls, shown nationally on CNN, was seen in 2.02 million households and drew 2.78 million viewers, according to figures compiled by Nielsen Media Research. The New Hampshire debate was telecast from 7-9 p.m. EDT.

By comparison, the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox baseball game, which got under way on ESPN at 8 p.m., attracted the most households ever to watch a Sunday night game on the cable network. Tuning in were 3.98 million homes and 5.3 million viewers.

Those probably included a significant chunk of New Hampshire voters, many of whom put their allegiance to the Red Sox above politics.

CNN's post-debate analysis and highlights didn't fare any better. The TV winner was Tony Soprano as the penultimate episode of HBO's mob-and-family drama, "The Sopranos," was seen in 5.19 million homes and by 8.01 million viewers beginning at 9 p.m."

• From AP story in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 6/7/07, "Baseball Beats Out Democratic Debate"

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