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UPDATED with podium positions: Call it The Rematch. CNN picked the field for the July 30 and 31 Democratic debates tonight, and former Vice President Joe Biden will get another chance to square off against Sen. Kamala Harris of California, this time on Night 2 of Round 2. The duo, who famously clashed during the first…

The Late Show won’t start quite as late as usual a couple of times this month. CBS said today that its Stephen Colbert-hosted late-night talker will air live immediately after the second batch of Democratic debates on July 30 and 31. No word yet on which gests will joining Colbert for the live broadcast from the Ed…

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will go live again on July 30 and 31 to follow the second two-night round of Democratic presidential primary debates, Comedy Central announced today. The post-debate episodes mark the 12th and 13th times Noah’s Daily Show will have gone live. The most recent live shots were last month’s…

UPDATED, 6:38 PM: The Democratic National Committe said today that the third set of Democratic presidential primary debates will be held in Houston. Details on the format, venue, moderators and start times are TBA. The news comes the same day a new candidate, billionaire Tom Steyer, entered the crowded field and a day…

CNN’s Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper will moderate the network’s Democratic presidential primary debates over a two-night stretch July 30-31, the network announced today. Like the recent debates on MSNBC, the Democratic National Committee-sanctioned debates on CNN, live from Detroit, will be well-populated with…

It would almost be old news that Fox News Channel has topped cable news for a 70th consecutive quarter and is again the most watched outlet on all of basic cable. However, with historic viewing highs for last week's two-night Democratic debate on MSNBC, the win for the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet during the just-ended…

Bill Maher says there’s “overcrowding” among the Democratic presidential field and some of the candidates should "get the f*ck out." He weighed in on this week’s two-night Democratic debate and said time’s up for half of the 20 candidates who qualified for the match-up. "Look, there's too many people in this race…

UPDATE, with morning tweet President Donald Trump couldn’t resist an additional observation about the second Democratic debate, getting in two of his go-to nicknames after what he “heard” was “not a good day” for Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. “I am in Japan at the G-20, representing our Country well, but I heard it was…

UPDATED with total viewership numbers: Most of the contenders pulling in big poll numbers take the stage in Miami later today for Night 2 of the Democratic debates on NBC, but Night 1 has set a pretty high bar for Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and the rest to reach. That bar, however, is well below what…

Like the final installment of a YA novel movie adaptation, the first Democratic debate of the 2020 presidential primary was split up into two parts. The first part, which was tonight, included Bill de Blasio, Tim Ryan, Julián Castro, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay…

After Donald Trump said he wouldn’t be tweeting about tonight’s Democratic debate, his thumbs couldn’t help themselves. Almost an hour into the debate, the former Celebrity Apprentice host took to Twitter to give his two cents — and Trevor Noah responded. “BORING!” Trump tweeted. This may have come from Air Force One…

One would think Donald Trump would have lots to tweet about tonight’s Democratic debate — and he probably does. Unfortunately, we will not be graced with his eloquent commentary. Trump sent out a tweet saying he would be absent from tonight’s debate festivities because he is off to Japan for the G20 Summit to “save…