Sen. Barack Obama’s historic speech Thursday, accepting the presidential nomination during the Democratic National Convention, brought in 38 million viewers across 10 networks, setting a convention record. Last night’s speech bested its closest competitor, day four of the 1992 DNC, by more than 10 million...
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Broadcast television networks swelled for Thursday’s closing night of the Democratic National Convention, and the historic speech by presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to preliminary national data from Nielsen Media Research. NBC ended the week four-for-four as the dominant broadcast convention...
Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech on Thursday, not surprisingly, brought in the biggest ratings of the Democratic National Convention. NBC’s coverage of the speech from Invesco Field in Denver landed a 5.0 rating/8 share, according to Nielsen Media Research preliminary overnight household...
NBC News and CNN were the kings of the hour during which VP candidate Joe Biden spoke at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, drawing more viewers than any of their five commercial cable or broadcast competitors. The total audience across broadcast and cable channels fell from Tuesday night...
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Broadcast television network audiences declined for Wednesday night’s coverage of the Democratic Convention, falling off from both the previous news cycle and the comparable night four years ago, according to preliminary national ratings data from Nielsen Media Research. NBC finished first among broadcast...
NBC once again won the 10 p.m. battle of the broadcast networks’ Democratic National Convention specials and CBS once again finished third Tuesday night. The good news for NBC: Preliminary national data from Nielsen showed its Brian Williams-hosted hour was up 1.19 million viewers from Monday night to...
ABC’s “Nightline” will air a never-before-seen interview with Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday night. The exclusive interview with Ted Koppel took place hours before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in 2004, at which Sen. Obama made a well-received speech. Wednesday’s “Nightline” will chronicle...
NBC's coverage of the Democratic National Convention's first day trumped the other broadcast networks' coverage Monday night in metered household ratings, moving the nightly news battle to prime time. The Big Three networks covered the DNC for an hour in prime time, beginning at 10 p.m. EDT...
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