The debate Rand skipped had the lowest ratings of all Rep debates

[Valli6]

Of course that's not how the headline puts it. (Shades of Ron Paul as the 13th floor elevator.)

January 29, 2016, 09:37 am
Trump-less debate is second-lowest rated of the primary
By Harper Neidig

Early Nielsen ratings show that Thursday night's Fox News debate was the second-lowest rated debate of the primary season, according to a CNN report.

Without Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump participating, the debate got an 8.4 Nielsen rating, according to the report.

That's better than the previous debate hosted by Fox Business Network, which got a 7.4 Nielsen rating. But that was a strong number for Fox Business Network, which is less widely available than Fox News and CNN.
Thursday's rating would be much smaller than the 15.9 Nielsen rating for the first GOP debate hosted by Fox News in August.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/267497-trump-less-debate-is-second-lowest-rated-of-the-primary

 

[georgiaboy]

YES!! I was wondering about that last night, hoping the ratings would be better than the FBN debate. AWESOME!

 

[limequat]

So...is it honest to take this as a data point that more people are watching Rand than are watching Trump?

Or is it because this was Fox News vs Fox Business?

 

[01000110]

So...is it honest to take this as a data point that more people are watching Rand than are watching Trump?

Or is it because this was Fox News vs Fox Business?

Is it likely that you have FBN in your cable/sat package if you have Fox?

 

[RonPaulMall]

Is it likely that you have FBN in your cable/sat package if you have Fox?

About 20 million of the 94 million people that get Fox News do not get FBN. So about 70 million do and 20 million don't. Should also be noted that even though total subscribers aren't that far apart, the two networks are worlds apart in terms of popularity. Fox News averages about 10X as many viewers as FBN.

 

[The Gold Standard]

About 20 million of the 94 million people that get Fox News do not get FBN. So about 70 million do and 20 million don't. Should also be noted that even though total subscribers aren't that far apart, the two networks are worlds apart in terms of popularity. Fox News averages about 10X as many viewers as FBN.

It's ok. No one here missed your boy last night. You can take this back to the Stormfront if you want a sympathetic ear.

 

[Valli6]

Is it likely that you have FBN in your cable/sat package if you have Fox?

That's always been the case for me. If you have the news channel (Fox, Cnn and mnbc) you also have their business channel. Same thing during the time I used satellite.

 

[65fastback2+2]

About 20 million of the 94 million people that get Fox News do not get FBN. So about 70 million do and 20 million don't. Should also be noted that even though total subscribers aren't that far apart, the two networks are worlds apart in terms of popularity. Fox News averages about 10X as many viewers as FBN.

it should also be noted both were viewable online, and online viewership isnt included.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

TheHill is removing pro-Rand, anti-Trump, and anti-Dem comments from the article cited in the OP.