The Country Music Awards rallied viewers to its program, toppling the third Republican debate in ratings Wednesday night.

Some 7.57 million viewers tuned in to the award show, which was an 11% increase from two years ago when it hit an all-time low in viewership. This was the most viewership since 2019. Meanwhile, the GOP debate trailed by over 2 million viewers, as it only drew 4.92 million according to Nielson ratings.

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Still, the key demographic of 18 to 49-year-old adults fell slightly, with only 1.37 million viewers. Besides the debate, other shows that were on Wednesday paled in comparison, as Survivor rallied over 4 million viewers, The Amazing Race had less than 3 million viewers, and The Masked Singer had just over 3 million.

NBC's debate was ranked last in the 18-49 demographic, with only .5% of those watching falling within the age group. It began airing after the CMA's had begun and lasted two hours.

For the party's second debate, Fox News was able to garner 9.5 million viewers, which was still a decrease from the 13 million who tuned into the first debate, also hosted by Fox.

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Five of the eight Republican candidates for president were at the debate, including Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Chris Christie, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

The fourth debate will be hosted by NewsNation on Dec. 6, featuring moderators Elizabeth Vargas from NewsNation, Eliana Johnson of the Washington Free Beacon, and Megyn Kelly of SiriusXM. It will air at 8 p.m. Eastern.