The final night of the Republican National Convention, headlined by former President Donald J. Trump’s first speech since an assassination attempt, drew 25.4 million viewers on Thursday night across more than a dozen cable and broadcast networks, Nielsen said.
in 2020 (23.8 million viewers), but a decline from when Mr. Trump gave his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the 2016 convention (32.2 million), according to Nielsen data.
Viewership peaked on Thursday night starting around the 15-minute mark of Mr. Trump’s speech, when more than 28 million viewers were tuned in, Nielsen said.
The network drew 10.4 million viewers during the 10 p.m. hour, setting a cable news convention viewership record.
Its cable news competitors drew significantly lower viewership: CNN drew 2.2 million viewers during the 10 p.m. hour, and MSNBC, a venue for liberal viewers, had 1.3 million.
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