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The first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Sept. 26 is expected to reduce ratings for ESPN’s Monday Night Football, and multiple ad buyers are predicting TV viewership in the range of about 10.3 million to 11 million people for the game. That would

The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump promises to be the most watched ever, with an audience that could exceed 100 million people, according to experts interviewed by The Hill.

A debate with an audience that size would be something never seen before in U.S. politics and would be a figure close to what the Super Bowl gets.

Over the years, I’ve been asked to define the moderator’s role. To me, the moderator’s main responsibility is to give the viewers a better and more complete understanding of who the candidates are, and it’s more than where they stand on issues.

A poll reveals 73 percent of registered voters say they are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to watch the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton next week.

Según un sondeo de The Morning Consult poll reportado por The Hill, 73 por ciento de los votantes registrados dijeron que hay alguna probabilidad de que vean el debate, y de ellos el 44 por ciento afirmó que es muy probable que lo vea.

Cooper got the highest rating, as 58 percent said they view him very or somewhat favorably. Holt, who will moderate the second debate, got 47 percent. Wallace got 45 percent and Raddatz received 29 percent.

The three topics to be discussed during the debate, held at Hofstra University in New York, will be "America's Direction," "Achieving Prosperity," and "Securing America," per a release from the Commission on Presidential Debates.

The Green Party presidential nominee rejected the standards set by the commission and told CNN she plans to show up at the event with her supporters.

The nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates this week announced that Snapchat will be covering each debate on-site via a Live Story, letting viewers take in the experience "from the many different perspectives of students from the debate host universities, volunteers, media and many others."

Though Johnson and Stein satisfied two of the criteria necessary to participate – that they be constitutionally eligible and have achieved ballot access in a sufficient number of states to win a theoretical Electoral College majority – neither met the threshold on polling.