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The second presidential debate this fall will coincide with NBC's airing of the Green Bay Packers playing the New York Giants the evening of Oct. 9.Two of the three presidential debates this fall are scheduled on the same night as nationally broadcast National Football League games, which has led some to call for those debates to be .
Republican nominee Donald Trump has suggested that the prime-time games on Monday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 9, will take viewership away from the debates.
The Commission on Presidential Debates set the dates last year, long before the NFL schedule came out. Schedulers say it’s difficult to not have the debates come up against a number of holidays and sports events throughout the fall.
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