--- title: Republican Debate Sets Record for Fox Business Network description: According to preliminary ratings canonical: https://time.com/4108195/republican-debate-viewers-ratings-fox-business/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T16:10:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T22:55:11.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican Debate Sets Viewership Record for Fox Business Network og:description: According to preliminary ratings og:url: https://time.com/4108195/republican-debate-viewers-ratings-fox-business/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdacc43851e8776e4/698870890b72e3de4b6e6c38/republican-gop-debate-ratings-viewers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republican Debate Sets Viewership Record for Fox Business Network twitter:description: According to preliminary ratings twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdacc43851e8776e4/698870890b72e3de4b6e6c38/republican-gop-debate-ratings-viewers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republican Debate Sets Viewership Record for Fox Business Network  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:55 PM CUTPublished: Nov 11, 2015 4:10 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul take the stage before the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theatre, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Milwaukee. Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul take the stage before the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theatre, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Milwaukee.Jeffrey Phelps—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:55 PM CUTPublished: Nov 11, 2015 4:10 PM CUT The fourth debate for the 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls [set a viewership record for the relatively young Fox Business Network](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-gop-debate-round-839187?utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=THR%20Breaking%20News%5Fnow%5F2015-11-11%2007:04:07%5Fmoconnell&utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews "undefined"). Approximately 13.5 million people watched the debate, according to an Associated Press [report](http://billingsgazette.com/entertainment/tv/fox-business-network-reached-million-for-gop-debate/article%5Fb8895076-9cf9-5551-9833-bc2e636ed0ce.html "undefined"). That’s not far from the 12 million who tuned into the previous debate, which aired on the more widely distributed CNBC network. The debate was a record audience for the 8-year-old Fox Business Network. The channel has never had more than 1 million viewers for a single program, according to the AP. \[[AP](http://billingsgazette.com/entertainment/tv/fox-business-network-reached-million-for-gop-debate/article%5Fb8895076-9cf9-5551-9833-bc2e636ed0ce.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4108195/republican-debate-viewers-ratings-fox-business/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4108195/republican-debate-viewers-ratings-fox-business/"},"headline":"Republican Debate Sets Viewership Record for Fox Business Network","datePublished":"2015-11-11T16:10:33.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T22:55:11.000Z","description":"According to preliminary ratings","url":"https://time.com/4108195/republican-debate-viewers-ratings-fox-business/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdacc43851e8776e4/698870890b72e3de4b6e6c38/republican-gop-debate-ratings-viewers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdacc43851e8776e4/698870890b72e3de4b6e6c38/republican-gop-debate-ratings-viewers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul","caption":"John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul","creditText":"Jeffrey Phelps—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4108195/republican-debate-viewers-ratings-fox-business/","name":"Republican Debate Sets Viewership Record for Fox Business Network"}}]}] ```