Associated Press
For better or worse, former President Donald Trump had a large audience watching him deliver his nomination acceptance speech at the RNC on Thursday.
An estimated 25.4 million people watched the final night of the convention on one of 14 networks that were covering it, the Nielsen company said on Friday. Viewership peaked at 28.4 million between 10:45 and 11 p.m. Eastern, at the beginning of Trump’s speech, Nielsen said.
That would be good news for the ex-president. The early part of his speech, where he spoke dramatically about last Saturday’s attempt on his life, was generally regarded as its most effective. As it dragged on past the 90-minute part and past midnight on the East Coast, Trump largely went off-script for remarks that resembled his typical stump speech.
Fox News Channel had 9.4 million viewers during Trump’s speech, comfortably ahead of any other network. An estimated 72 percent of the viewers were aged 55 and up, Nielsen said.
It was the most-watched night of the convention, which is typical for the evening when the presidential nominee speaks.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
3 comments
Joe F.
July 20, 2024 at 11:37 am
Next time, find a source besides the apex of Fake News – Associated Press. AP makes CNN seem semi-legit. (they did host the debate that finally revealed dementia Joe)
The truth is Trump’s Convention was a masterpiece of messaging and stagecraft. The final night was watched / heard around the world and everyone saw that America the Strong is coming back, just hold on.
Can’t wait to see DNC speakers twist themselves into human pretzels trying to praise Biden’s dystopian America.
tom palmer
July 20, 2024 at 11:42 am
However, even the Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote today that Trump’s acceptance speech was an hour too long. Additionally one of their columnists said Trump’s speech could give Bidien a reason to remain in the race. In the same column Trump was referred as the national blowhard. You can’t make this stuff up.
There was very little convention bounce by historical standards!
July 20, 2024 at 12:09 pm
Trump’s ridiculous speech was the Ds best news all week! Of course, almost no one watched the whole thing.