While it didn’t draw Palin/Biden-sized numbers, last night’s Presidential debate did improve over the first. In total, approximately 63.2 million watched the town hall event. That’s up 21% from Debate #1 (which drew 52.4 million). Of all the networks, ABC attracted the most viewers for its political coverage.

8pm

• NCIS (15.7 million, 3.6/10 in 18-49) was down 1.8 million.
• Approximately 13.4 million watched saw Rocco DiSpirito saved on Dancing with the Stars (3.2/9).
• The Biggest Loser: Families (7.5 million, 3.0/8) was up a notch.
• A House* repeat (2.6/7) pulled in 6.3 million.
• 90210 (3.1 million, 1.6/4) did about the same.

9pm

• ABC‘s political coverage pulled in 13.2 million.
• Nearly 11 million caught Obama and McCain on NBC.
• CBS had 9.4 million watching the debate on its network.
• About 5.3 million watched the town hall meeting on FOX.
• Privileged (2.3 million, 1.1/3) added on 400,000.

10pm

• ABC‘s post-debate analysis kept 9.9 million glued.
• Approximately 8.4 million watched NBC dissect the events.
• CBS had 8 million talking.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Tuesday’s ratings here.)