Republican presidential primary debate was highest-rated non-sports cable television broadcast in history, Fox says citing Nielsen data. Debate more than doubled Fox's previous viewership record of 11.8m for its 2012 presidential election coverage Fox says 3.3m tweets were sent about debate last night 5pm debate for lower-polling candidates drew 6.1m viewers NOTE: Next debates set for Sept. 16 on CNN and Oct. 28 on CNBC Earlier story: Fox News Draws Record Ratings for GOP Debate, Early Results S
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