Republican Convention TV Viewership Rises On Second Night
Ted Johnson Republican National Convention viewership rose to 18 million across six networks on the second night, when First Lady Melania Trump was the marquee speaker.The rise was a significant increase from the 15.8 million who watched on Monday in the 10 PM ET time frame, when ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN were all covering the convention. But the viewership is off about 7% from the second night in 2016.It’s also slightly less than the 18.6 million who watched the Democratic National Convention’s second night last week.Fox News again dominated coverage, drawing 7.91 million viewers, followed by NBC with 2.5 million, CNN with 2.13 million, ABC with 2.10 million, MSNBC with 1.877 million and CBS with 1.52 million.