Just in: The ratings for Thursday night’s debate New York were the highest for any Democratic debate in Nielsen ratings history, NBC said Friday. The event, which was broadcast on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, averaged 18.1 million television viewers, eclipsing the record 15.5 million viewers who watched the first Democratic primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2015. Wednesday night’s debate drew 15.3 million viewers.

Both nights still paled in comparison to the first Republican primary debate of the 2016 presidential cycle. That event, hosted by Fox News in August 2015, averaged 24 million viewers, making it the highest-rated primary debate in history.

Kamala’s victory lap

Fresh off her strong performance at Thursday night’s debate, Sen. Kamala Harris appeared on “CBS This Morning” and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday. On CBS, Harris responded to criticism from Joe Biden’s campaign that her pointed attack on his record on race was a “low blow.”

“It was about just speaking truth and as I’ve said many times, I have a great deal of respect for Joe Biden,” she said. “But he and I disagree on that.” Read more

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Just in: The ratings for Thursday night’s debate New York were the highest for any Democratic debate in Nielsen ratings history, NBC said Friday. The event, which was broadcast on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, averaged 18.1 million television viewers, eclipsing the record 15.5 million viewers who watched the first Democratic primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2015. Wednesday night’s debate drew 15.3 million viewers.

Just in: The ratings for Thursday night’s debate New York were the highest for any Democratic debate in Nielsen ratings history, NBC said Friday. The event, which was broadcast on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, averaged 18.1 million television viewers, eclipsing the record 15.5 million viewers who watched the first Democratic primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2015. Wednesday night’s debate drew 15.3 million viewers.