The U.S. presidential debate between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump attracted 57.5 million television viewers across seven TV networks, according to preliminary Nielsen data on Wednesday, APA reports citing Reuters.
Tuesday night's event was the first time the candidates in the Nov. 5 presidential election had met face to face.
The viewing figure tops the roughly 51 million people who watched Trump debate then-candidate President Joe Biden in June.