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Criteria for july? i don't think that's fair. >> no, you guys already announced the criteria. >> we don't want to do that. also, i want to make sure that everybody -- i'm a baseball fanatic. >> me too. >> and, you know, i want people -- i want every single candidate to be able to say that they got to the plate, they swung the bat. they had a fair opportunity. not only with our debate, but with all the various forums that are being held, with those town hall meetings that you have done and other networks have done. there i believe has been unprecedented earned media access for our candidates. >...

Not only with our debates, but with all the various forums that are being held with those town hall meetings that you have done and other networks have done. i believe there has been unprecedented earned media access for our candidates this time around. >> i think that's true. >> and that is spectacular. that was our goal. and as a result of that, i believe we've had this record viewership. and it will continue. and i also believe that you got to raise the bar and you got to show progress. and that's only fair. >> final question on election integrity and election protection. some comments by j...

Crazy. what was it like in there? >> i think it grows every day. this is why we're going to have highviewership. i think it's going to be the most watched. >> you do. really. >> i do. i think more than the republicans. trump sees himself as a ratings kind of guy and he'll be bothered when all of our candidates get record viewership. they're going to come out for night one and night two and i think you have -- in a sense what we did is we had the candidates divided at 2%. everyone above 2%, we split them up each night and everyone below each night split them up each night. i think as random as ...

Has moments like that. >> record viewership so far. and it's tough not to like guys like tim howard. every four years we have the conversation. is this the world cup that makes soccer one of the top three or four sports in this country? how much of this do you think is about patriotism and how much is just about, you know, a healthy appreciation for the game of soccer? >> i think it's a little both. i think we're seeing terrific soccer. people came in that ghana game, as i mentioned, entertaining game against portugal. so fans are being rewarded for their investment. they're seeing great play ...

Mockumentary pulls record viewership. you don't seem to provide the executive producer's statement that he hoped it would allow viewers to suspend their disbelief. >> no, i don't. but i applaud him for pulling off the massive hoax, which is tough to do now in the internet age. >> by the way, animal planet's previously highest watched show was dragons, a fantasy made real. >> but basically, you've got a network devoted to the wonder that is the animal kingdom sand their two highest rated shows are about maid up creatures. >> have you been to nature recently? it's terrible. >> dragons don't exis...