Donald Trump dominated Google during the Fox News debate

“They called me a few minutes ago and I said, ‘Hasn’t it already started?'”

Trump also speculated Cruz’s poll numbers would not see a bump from the debate because of the senator’s poor performance.

So was the Trump-less Fox News debate a ratings disaster or a ratings win for Fox?

Trump instead hosted an event Thursday night in Iowa to raise money for veterans’ causes, raking in about $6 million, including a $1 million donation of his own, for 22 veterans organizations, the campaign said.

Trump, meanwhile, sought to seize the spotlight by boycotting the debate and hosting an event for veterans across town.

“Unlike the very stupid, highly incompetent people running our country into the ground, Mr. Trump knows when to walk away”.

Stephen Colbert moderated an all Donald Trump debate on “The Late Show” Thursday night.

It seemed most of the candidates were fine with that.

The final week before the Iowa caucuses featured a GOP debate without the GOP front-runner.

He needs more than just those fox who are anti-Fox news Republicans. That had 11 million viewers with Trump at center stage.

Audiences for all Republican debates in the current presidential election campaign have been higher than in previous years, though viewership tapered after the first two.

The seventh Republican debate delivered 12.5 million viewers.

CNN and Fox News are on a relatively even playing field in terms of reach into cable homes.

The debate topped all television shows – including broadcast programs – on Thursday night in total viewers.

He added that he believes Trump is the one candidate who can balance the budget and reduce national debt.

Media criticism has been a feature of the Republican primary debate cycle, but it has usually been leveled at more familiar “mainstream” targets: NBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post. Donald Trump has chosen not to attend this evening’s presidential debate.

It turns out the overstated Trump’s impact on Fox.

So that gives Fox News some room to boast about how it beat down Trump in the ratings. In comparison, CNN and MSNBC drew a combined 2.7 million viewers during the main debate time.

But on Thursday a Fox executive told the Wall Street Journal that he was not expecting that to happen. These are known as “make-goods” in the TV industry.