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

[Cryptoad]

Source: Varity

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.

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

[Roy Rolling]

1. Media

The RNC was amateur hour compared to the DNC production. Why they think Trump could produce a show better than all of Hollywood talent producing a show for HRC is beyond belief.

Republicans think Reality-TV and Fox News are the best American media has to offer. They are so far from the top, and the audience numbers show it.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Bill Clinton was GOLD!

What a gifted speaker, able to weave a tale and engage the audience

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Positivism beats dumpster fires. . . . nt

[rurallib]

4. And so many of us have gone to CSPAN to avoid the talking heads

[bekkilyn]

5. Yep, been on CSPAN the whole time (nt)

[George II]

7. I realized that halfway through night 1 - it's exactly the same video feed sans blustering idiots.

[rurallib]

9. And commercials

[LiberalFighter]

17. I wonder how many of us are watching it on C-Span?

For a bit I had to watch it using Amazon Fire TV.

[George II]

6. Not surprised they're getting more viewers, but ~20% more? Not a Sinatra fan, but......

[calimary]

8. GOOD.

More eyes, bigger bounce.

The Dems: 24.7 million last night.
The CONS: 19.75 million on their second night.

The Dems got 25.12 million on Night 2 in 2012, so this year's numbers are slightly down. But either convention year beats the ratings the CONS got last week.

Sorry Donald. More people watched OUR show.

[underpants]

10. Night 1 was + ~500,000

Variety

[Kingofalldems]

11. Democrats did yeoman's work this week!!

Hahaha.

Nice.

[Still In Wisconsin]

12. Choke on THAT Donald, you attention whore...

this news will hit him where it really hurts. His ego.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. The great part is that this will make Trump simmer with resentment.

Trumpapalooza 2016 did not even beat Burning Mitt 2012 in the ratings. That's really got to sting.

[rocktivity]

14. I'm surprised that Chris Christie's Day 2 Kangaroo Court didn't help

Oh, wait -- they had him on and off the stage before the national TV cameras started rolling...
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rocktivity

[sarcasmo]

15. Cha-Chi Vs Alicia Keys & Lenny Kravitz

The DNC is like a rock concert. The RNC was like a Sunday sermon.

[smirkymonkey]

18. Bwahahahah!

They are such pathetic losers!

[Egnever]

16. That is the difference in the last election

Obama beat Romney by approximately 5 million votes.