CNN assembled a whopping audience of nearly 8.06 million viewers for its coverage of the Democratic National Convention during the hour dominated by candidate Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night, beating all its cable and broadcast competitors, according to national data from Nielsen Media...
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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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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Possibly the third most important man in the race for president sits quietly at his desk in Denver looking around, fumbling papers, readying for another night at the Democratic National Convention. Then the music begins, the cheers start and Jon Stewart starts telling jokes. It’s Comedy Central’s “The...
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s address on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver was very good for the cable news networks. They rang up a second consecutive night of double-digit ratings bounces compared to the second night of the Democrats’ gathering July 27, 2004. Continuing...
The cable news networks, especially CNN, hit ratings pay dirt Monday night with their wall-to-wall coverage of the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. The convention lineup, featuring addresses by Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and presidential candidate Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle...