2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDemocratic debate versus NFL playoff games ?
Whose idea was it to schedule a Democratic debate on Sunday, January 17th,when there are two National Football League playoff games?
Doesn't that 'bury' the debate?
valerief
(53,235 posts)Ms. Doesn't-Want-Sanders (DWS) schedules debates to keep the electorate uninformed.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)That is not exactly a small number. In fact, it matches one of the most watch in 2012 which was not on a Saturday. Voters will watch anytime or day it's on.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)so you premise is flawed.
The statistics prove that not near as many watch on a Sat Night opposite an NFL game.
I was thankful for the NFL game.
After the first hour, I switched over to the game whenever Hillary started another filibuster,
or shouting over the other candidates and moderators.
onecaliberal
(32,894 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Psst...some people have DVRs.
Psst...some people reportedly don't get their news from "MSM".
daleanime
(17,796 posts)the perfect time slot......
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)Dawgs
(14,755 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Gloria
(17,663 posts)Date. They dump a debate in a timeslot that is already weak in viewership...won't lose $$.
The "news" channels will put them with plenty of hype and will see better ratings than usual no matter what day it's on so it's ok with a weeknight.