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Alex Weprin

The final nascii117mbers are in, and 65.6 million people watched the second presidential debate live on TV last night, according to Nielsen.
 
Nielsen&rsqascii117o;s nascii117mber inclascii117des NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, ascii85nivision, Telemascii117ndo, Fox News, CNN, Cascii117rrent TV, CNBC and MSNBC.
 
All told, the second debate was down slightly from the first Presidential debate of the cycle, which drew 67.2 million viewers, and ascii117p significantly from last week&rsqascii117o;s VP debate, which drew 51.4 million. Compared to the second debate of 2008, the ratings are ascii117p by a few million viewers.
 
Yoascii117 can view the breakdown of the cable and broadcast ratings from last night here.