Tv audiences rose for the second night time of the Republican Nationwide Conference, with the primary girl, Melania Trump, attracting extra viewers
Tv audiences rose for the second night time of the Republican Nationwide Conference, with the primary girl, Melania Trump, attracting extra viewers than Monday’s keynote speaker, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina. About 19.four million individuals watched stay on Tuesday from 10 to 11:15 p.m., in comparison with roughly 17 million on Monday night time.
Nielsen mentioned late Wednesday that after a closing tally, Tuesday’s viewers was barely increased than the Democrats’ second night time, which drew 19.2 million individuals.
Tuesday night time’s uptick for the Republicans was fueled largely by Fox Information, which drew shut to eight million viewers, an enormous quantity by at the moment’s TV requirements.
Fox Information’s 10 p.m. viewers was bigger than that of ABC, CBS, NBC and MSNBC mixed, in keeping with early Nielsen estimates. The channel’s viewership accounted for 44 p.c of the full TV viewers on Tuesday among the many six main networks protecting the conference.
Nielsen scores don’t embody on-line platforms and streaming companies, that are more and more utilized by youthful Individuals.
MSNBC, well-liked with liberals, aired a bit much less of Tuesday’s Republican conference than it did final week for the Democrats, with the host Rachel Maddow reducing in for a sequence of fact-checks.
On Fox Information, Sean Hannity carried extra of Tuesday’s conference unfiltered than he had on Monday, when the host interrupted audio system for evaluation and interviews. Tuesday’s “Hannity” ended up recording its most-watched hour ever on Fox Information, with 7.7 million viewers.