{"id":2290496,"date":"2024-07-08T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephanopoulos-interview-with-biden-scores-8-5-million-viewers-friday-night-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:34:43","slug":"stephanopoulos-interview-with-biden-scores-8-5-million-viewers-friday-night-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephanopoulos-interview-with-biden-scores-8-5-million-viewers-friday-night-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanopoulos interview with Biden scores 8.5 million viewers Friday night &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephanopoulos-interview-with-biden-scores-8-5-million-viewers-friday-night-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington \u200cExaminer reported that President Joe Biden&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-on-defense-after-saying-parents-shouldnt-tell-schools-what-to-teach\/\" title=\"Terry McAuliffe on Defense After Saying Parents Shouldn\u2019t Tell Schools What To Teach\">post-debate interview<\/a> with ABC News&#8217;s George Stephanopoulos drew an audience of 8.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-tend-to-give-their-celebrity-friends-cover-kimmel-slammed-for-not-asking-ellen-about-toxic-workplace-claims\/\" title=\"\u2018Celebrities Tend To Give Their Celebrity Friends Cover\u2019: Kimmel Slammed For Not Asking Ellen About Toxic Workplace Claims\">5 million viewers<\/a>. The interview was the most\u200c watched program \u200camong key age groups\u2064 and also \u2062performed well on YouTube. Prior to\u200c the interview, the White House emphasized its importance as Biden&#8217;s first televised interview since the debate. During the\u2062 interview, Biden declined to commit to undertaking\u200b an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-commit-to-a-cognitive-test-in-abc-interview-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden won&#039;t commit to a cognitive test in ABC interview - Washington Examiner\">independent cognitive test<\/a>, stating that he undergoes a cognitive test every day with his job.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stephanopoulos interview with Biden scores 8.5 million viewers Friday night<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/asher-notheis\/\">Asher Notheis<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T12:21:03-04:00\">July 8, 2024 12:21 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1697135\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> first post-debate interview earned a sizable audience Friday night as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/abc-news-joe-biden-interview-ratings-george-stephanopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>8.5 million<\/a> people saw at least part of his 22-minute conversation with ABC News\u2019s George Stephanopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>The network won the 8 p.m. time slot. CBS\u2019s <em>Lingo<\/em> came in second, with 2.1 million viewers, and Fox\u2019s <em>WWE SmackDown<\/em> was third, with 2 million watching. The interview also scored the best viewership for an ABC News program unrelated to either elections or debates since the network\u2019s 2018 interview with former FBI Director James Comey, which <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/tv\/news\/james-comey-interview-ratings-acm-awards-1202753966\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>scored 9.8 million viewers<\/a> on a Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s interview was also the most watched program on Friday among the key groups of people ages 18-49 and 25-54. For the former age group, 0.58 million viewers watched the interview, while the latter age group saw 0.91 million viewers tune in.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has also uploaded Biden\u2019s interview onto YouTube. As of Monday morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k8LoAsHz-Mc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"stream\">stream<\/a> has more than 2.8 million views, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0kpibhlagG0&#038;t=30s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a separate upload of the interview on Saturday<\/a> has almost 1.4 million views.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kpibhlagG0?si=SXNMqLQZPD_5Opvu\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Beforehand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3071216\/white-house-builds-up-bidens-interview-stephanopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the White House underscored the interview<\/a> as Biden\u2019s first televised interview since the debate, with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stating the president was looking forward to \u201ctalking directly to the American people.\u201d The Biden administration has been adamant that the president is fully able to continue his job in the White House in an attempt to quell concerns about Biden after his underperformance at the June 27 debate.<\/p>\n<p>During Biden\u2019s interview, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3071696\/biden-wont-commit-cognitive-test-abc-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>declined to commit to undertaking an independent cognitive test<\/a>, arguing that he does \u201ca cognitive test every single day\u201d with his job. While he acknowledged he can no longer \u201crun the 100 in 10 flat,\u201d he contended he is in \u201cgood shape\u201d and dared Stephanopoulos to \u201ccome keep my schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Biden\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3072296\/biden-campaign-dismisses-uncertainty-work-harder-beat-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>denied any possibility<\/a> of the president stepping aside in the 2024 presidential election, arguing that he is committed to beating former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in a likely rematch. The campaign also just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3070948\/biden-campaign-announces-50-million-competency-doubts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced a $50 million ad buy<\/a>, with some of these ads playing during the 2024 Paris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has contacted ABC News for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1697135\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1697135\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News attracted 8.5 million viewers on Friday night, making it the most-watched program in the 8 p.m. time slot. This interview was the most-viewed ABC News program not related to elections or debates since 2018. Biden&#8217;s administration emphasized that the president is fully capable of carrying out his duties, despite concerns raised after his performance in a recent debate. Biden declined to commit to an independent cognitive test during the interview, stating that he undergoes cognitive tests daily through his job. His campaign has also denied any possibility of him stepping aside in the 2024 presidential election, affirming his commitment to defeating former President Donald Trump in a potential rematch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2290497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MixCollage-08-Jul-2024-11-06-AM-1941.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,6234,13946,10257,32076],"class_list":["post-2290496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-interview","tag-stephanopoulos","tag-viewership","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MixCollage-08-Jul-2024-11-06-AM-1941.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}