CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports:

An estimated 7.86 million viewers watched Friday night’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire, a slight boost from last month’s event and still down from earlier in the cycle. ABC News, Apple News and WMUR-TV co-sponsored the event, the last debate before the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. The viewership are early numbers from Nielsen and released by ABC News. Last month, CNN drew 7.36 million viewers for its debate from Des Moines.

The debate numbers are still a big drop from those held earlier in the cycle. The first Democratic debate, held in June, drew 15.3 million viewers on the first night and 18.1 million viewers on its second night. That event was sponsored by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo. The second debate, sponsored by CNN in July, drew 8.2 million viewers on the first night and 10.1 million viewers on the next night.