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 ratings of 55 markets. That was up just 2% from NBC's previous high-water mark for Tuesday night’s airing of Hillary Clinton’s speech. ABC, with its 4.6/7, increased 21% from Tuesday, and CBS, with a 3.3/5, jumped 22%. Football aired in several markets Thursday night, and some stations joined the convention coverage already in progress once the game was over. This might have influenced some of the numbers.

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Posted Fri, Aug 29 2008 10:57 AM by News