Despite complaints that no one tuned in for the first presidential debates on Friday, the total amount of viewership tallied somewhere in the 52.4 million mark. Which seems like a lot, but then you remember that number is spread across 11 different channels that aired the commercial free event.

ABC came out ahead of the ratings pack with 11 million people watching…a suspiciously close number to the station's dismal Emmys Awards, which garnered what? 12.33 million? But the Emmys' ratings were more indicative of bad tidings, since the broadcast was exclusive to ABC.

Either way, it's time to get off your YouTube and turn back on that television you may or may not still own. Escapism is a wonderful salve to deal with the hardships of everyday living during an economic crisis; just ask your grandparents.