The Democrats moved to cable for debate two, with new matchups for another two-part debate, this time from Michigan. The qualifications for the debate were the same as the first, and two new candidates, Montana Governor Steve Bullock and one-time Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, met some form of qualification. Only Bullock would actually be invited to debate due to an unprecedented twenty-one qualifying candidates. The first night featured a better lineup than night one of the previous debate, featuring frontrunners Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, as well as high-profile candidates Beto O'Rourke and Amy Klobuchar. The move to cable caused a noticeable drop in in the demo and in viewership, with aand. Still a strong result, especially for CNN which has recently called a 0.2 a good result for a night without an election on it, but clearly a decline.

Debate Three - Thursday, September 12

After the second debates, the DNC made it far harder to qualify for debates, requiring candidates to hit both polling requirements (2% in four polls) and fundraising requirements (130,000 unique donors). This led to half of the candidates who previously qualified, including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and Marianne Williamson, who hit the fundraising requirement but not the polling threshold, not making it into the debate. Gabbard would later qualify for the next two debates (Williamson would not, unfortunately for fans of her many gif-worthy moments). It was also the final debate to not compete against broadcast TV's in-season programming. The next time the Democrats would debate, the debate would air against broadcast TV's full fall lineup. This time, as the debate moved to ABC and broadcast live from Houston, more people tuned in than debate two. With a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo and 12.93 million viewers, the debate easily topped broadcast and took second for the night, behind Thursday Night Football.

Debate Four - Tuesday, October 15

CNN took the debate again this month, and what a debate it was. Welcoming businessman Tom Steyer to the stage for the first time and welcoming Rep. Gabbard back, while not kicking anyone out from debate three, the debate set a record for the largest debate in the history of US presidential elections (the 2016 Republicans previously held that record). It would be the final debate for Beto O'Rourke, who despite once being seen as a major contender had begun to drop, partly due to his performances in the debates, which many saw as lacking. Julian Castro would also not see another debate, failing to qualify for the rest of the debates while his candidacy was still active. Elizabeth Warren dominated the Ohio-set debate, speaking for a full six minutes longer than any other candidate. Whether due to the increased competition or declining interest, this became the lowest-rated debate at the time with a 1.5 in the 18-49 demo and 8.55 million viewers, tying This Is Us to become the #1 show of the night.

Debate Five - Wednesday, November 20

Debate Six - Thursday, December 19

Debate Seven - Tuesday, January 15

Debate Eight - Friday, February 7

Debate Nine - Wednesday, February 19

In the most recent debate of the cycle, all eyes were on ex-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The billionaire that's been running non-stop ads had never before made the debate stage despite running since November. DNC debate qualification requirements left Bloomberg, who is self-funding his campaign, unable to qualify previously. The rules were later changed, which allowed Bloomberg, a top contender in nationwide polls, to debate. The rest of the candidates came after him hard in an attempt to stop his growth in the polls ahead of Super Tuesday, where he'll hope to gather a large percentage of delegates. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, both standouts at previous debates and two of the only three women left in the race, had the most time to speak in a debate filled with clashes and arguments, while Bloomberg had the least time. The impact that the debate had on the future of the race is yet to be seen, but one thing is sure: it was a massive debate. Drawing the highest ratings of any 2020 debate, the Nevada-set debate drew a massive 3.3 in the 18-49s and 19.69 million viewers on NBC and MSNBC, making it by far the night's top program and putting it two tenths ahead of the first debate, and making it the most-watched Democratic debate of all-time.

Debate Ten - Tuesday, February 25

The first and only debate to be broadcast solelyon MSNBC, debate number five dropped twocandidates and had a somewhat-reasonable tencandidates on-stage as they broadcast fromAtlanta. In one of the shorter of the 2020debates, Elizabeth Warren again had the mostspeaking time, though Pete Buttigieg and JoeBiden both spoke a similar amount of time.Three candidates said "bye forever" after thisdebate, with Kamala Harris dropping out afterthe debate and Cory Booker and Tulsi Gabbard (who is still running!) both failing to ever qualify for further debates. Facing stiffer competition than ever before, the debate dropped by multiple tenths to another new low, with aand. That was only enough to give it fifth place for the night, behind The Masked Singer, Survivor, and two of the One Chicago series. It's the holiday season by now, and the Democrats headed to Los Angeles to debate for the sixth time. It was by far the smallest debate to-date, with "only" seven candidates on the stage, six of whom had perfect attendance at the debates at this point. PBS took over the debate this time, with a simulcast on CNN. It was a debate filled with controversy ahead of time, as the DNC previously canceled its plans to hold the debate at UCLA over a labor dispute. A month later, all seven qualifying candidates announced that they would boycott the debate in solidarity with union workers at Loyola Marymount University, the new host of the debate. That dispute was cleared up days ahead of the debate. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard also announced that she would skip the debate before the qualification period ended. She didn't have to worry about skipping out, however, as she didn't qualify for the debate. Senators Sanders, Klobuchar and Warren and Mayor Buttigieg all spoke for north of 19 minutes this time around, with the remaining three candidates speaking for notably shorter amounts. Ratings for this debate aren't fully reported due to it airing on PBS, but the CNN broadcast gathered a, and the PBS and CNN airings together drew, a new low.Weeks ahead of the state's all-important, first-in-the-nation, and this year, disastrous, caucus,the leading Democrats descended on Iowa todebate a seventh time. It was the first debateactually held in 2020, and once again, acandidate who had previously qualifieddropped off the stage. Andrew Yang failed tomake it into the debates, a controversialexclusion due to it leaving only whitecandidates on the debate stage. The debate wasmost notable for a confrontation between longtime allies Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Interest in the debate was on the rise, with aand, taking third place for the night in the most-recent CNN debate.In the first debate to take place after voting, the previous six debaters all returned, joined by Andrew Yang in what would be his final debate. ABC held the debate for the second time from the crucial early-voting state of New Hampshire, the first state in the nation to hold a primary. Senator Amy Klobuchar's performance in the debate was widely praised, leading to online supporters dubbing it the start of her "Klobmentum." It's hard to know for sure, but her performance here may have been what boosted her to 20% in the New Hampshire primary held days later. Even with the majority of attention going to Klobuchar, candidates Sanders, Biden and Buttigieg all had more time to speak than she did. Despite a move from cable to broadcast, the Friday night broadcast didn't exactly help, and the debate was narrowly down to a, but up in viewers with, easily leading the night.The Democrats headed to South Carolina for the tenth debate tonight, where seven candidates qualified to be on the stage and CBS hosted for the first time. It was the same group as the prior debate, plus Tom Steyer, who returned to the stage. The debate was heavily criticized for its content, with the candidates attacking one another, seemingly more than any prior debate. Bernie Sanders, by now the frontrunner, had the most speaking time and arguably the most attention on him. Like the previous debate, this one drew more interest than most debates, being out-rated by only two others with aand