TV Ratings: DNC Beats RNC by Nearly 5 Million Viewers in Night 2 Final Numbers

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SOURCE: VARIETY

URL: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/democratic-national-convention-ratings-viewers-night-2-dnc-beats-rnc-1201824854/

by: Oriana Schwindt


The final TV ratings are in for the second night of the Democratic National Convention, and once again the DNC attracted a larger audience than its Republican counterparts did last week.

From 10-11:15 p.m. — a timeframe that included headline speaker Bill Clinton’s nearly 50-minute speech extolling the virtues of official Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Fox Business Network drew an average audience of 24.7 million.


That number is slightly below the total for Night 2 of 2012’s DNC, which drew 25.12 million across those networks, minus Fox Business, but plus PBS and Current TV. It is, however, nearly 5 million more pairs of eyeballs than Night 2 of the 2016 RNC drew last Tuesday (19.75 million).


CNN, which garnered the biggest convention audience of the night, was once again up sharply from 2012’s draw, with 5.93 million total viewers from 10-11:15, and 2.05 million in the important-to-cable-news demographic of 25-54. In 2012, CNN drew 4.13 million total viewers from 10-11 p.m. and 1.54 million in the 25-54 demo.

MSNBC slipped behind second-place NBC with 3.83 million viewers and 1.17 million in the 25-54 demo, but remained ahead of ABC, CBS, and Fox News.

Fox News slipped to a not-unexpected last place in terms of DNC coverage, with 2.85 million total viewers and 634,000 in the 25-54 demo.

Again, it’s worth recalling that in 2012, the DNC occurred over only three days. On the second night, Sept. 5, 2012, NBC carried the NFL season opener (New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys) rather than any convention coverage.

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TV Ratings: Night one of DNC tops night one of RNC

By ALEX WEPRIN 07/26/16 02:42 PM EDT

Night one of the Democratic National Convention delivered approximately 26 million viewers during the 10 p.m.-11:30 p.m. time period, topping night one of the Republican National Convention last week, which drew approximately 23 million viewers, according to preliminary ratings data from Nielsen.

Those figures do not include people watching on TV networks not rated by Nielsen, like C-SPAN, or that streamed the convention online.

The total viewership figure is up from 2008, when 22.3 million viewers tuned into night one. It is very close to 2012’s opening night, which drew 26.3 million viewers.

During the 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. time period, CNN was tops in total viewers with 6.2 million, followed by MSNBC with 4.6 million, NBC with 4.3 million, ABC with 4.1 million, Fox News with 3.3 million and CBS with 3.2 million.

In prime time from 8 p.m. to11 p.m, CNN led cable news with 5.1 million viewers, MSNBC placed second with 3.75 million viewers and Fox News averaged 3.73 million viewers.

[skeeter]

I will bet the DNC convention will not top the RNC convention ratings on night three.

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TV Ratings: Bill Clinton Boosts Democratic National Convention Night 2 Over RNC ·

[SirLinksALot]

I will bet the DNC convention will not top the RNC convention ratings on night three.

Why do you think that? They've topped the RNC the two previous nights.

BTW, Tonight is Night 3.

[skeeter]

Why do you think that? They've topped the RNC the two previous nights.

BTW, Tonight is Night 3.

I believe the 'will Cruz endorse' drama boosted RNC's ratings over the previous two nights. It by far was the most talked about - how handsome & wonderful the Trump kids were comping in a very distant second.

[sinkspur]

Why do you think that? They've topped the RNC the two previous nights.

BTW, Tonight is Night 3.

Tonight is night 4.

And, yes, DNC ratings fell behind night 3 of RNC ratings, even with Obama on the stage:

http://deadline.com/2016/07/dnc-ratings-down-day-3-rnc-barack-obama-americas-got-talent-big-brother-wayward-pines-1201794089/

[skeeter]

Tonight is night 4.

And, yes, DNC ratings fell behind night 3 of RNC ratings, even with Obama on the stage:

http://deadline.com/2016/07/dnc-ratings-down-day-3-rnc-barack-obama-americas-got-talent-big-brother-wayward-pines-1201794089/

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[JustPassinThru]

People who mindlessly watch television are more likely to vote Democrat.

[geronl]

SO the RNC ratings only picked up for Cruz? lolz