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Viewership for High Profile Second Night of DNC Fails to Live Up to Past Years, Early Data Shows
Newsweek ^ | Paul Bond

Posted on 08/19/2020 11:53:13 AM PDT by Justaham

he Democratic National Convention continues to struggle for eyeballs on television, according to preliminary data from Nielsen, which suggests that Night 2 of the event attracted just 6.13 million viewers at ABC, CBS and NBC.

If the numbers hold — they're expected to be updated late Wednesday — the audience will have sunk 48 percent across the three broadcast networks compared to the second night of 2016's convention that nominated Hillary Clinton for president.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; convention; democratic; hairsniffer; kiddiediddler; ratings

1 posted on 08/19/2020 11:53:13 AM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Nobody is talking about demographics.

I wonder how bad those were...


2 posted on 08/19/2020 11:55:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mewzilla

North Korean propaganda is _really_ boring....


3 posted on 08/19/2020 11:57:16 AM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: Justaham

What the heck??? There isn’t excitement in the land, for the party which will “save” us from the “evil” Trump????


4 posted on 08/19/2020 11:58:26 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Justaham

“I sat through 2 hours of lame Zoom calls for this?” Mr. Raisinbran cried as Billy Porter sang and danced on his TV screen. “It was just a bunch of boring speeches about ‘unity’ and ‘being better’ and stuff. Lame! When are they going to start talking about all the free stuff I’m gonna get if I vote for Biden? I just want everything to be free forever! Is that too much to ask? Trump literally transferred free money to my checking account. How are the Democrats going to top that?”

https://babylonbee.com/news/democratic-convention-viewer-wishing-they-would-just-get-to-the-part-about-all-the-free-stuff/?utm_content=buffer53590&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


5 posted on 08/19/2020 12:05:39 PM PDT by reagandemocrat (It may be satire, but it rings true.)
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To: Justaham

Instead of going with the traditional schedule, they should have had biden’s nomination and speech the first night.

Or maybe it is their intention to drive down viewership, so only biden’s close family are around to watch his speech on Thursday?


6 posted on 08/19/2020 12:05:41 PM PDT by kingRidiculous
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To: Justaham

Our TV streaming is ROKU based. The home screen has adds off to the right promoting various channels.

The last few days they have been promoting a summer of love channel that’s billed as oldies music. Liking music from the 60’s & 70’s I clicked on it. It went to the D20 Dem Convention channel.

Thinking this was a one time error, I’ve tried this over the last two days, same thing.

The ROKU a$$holes are trying to trick customers into watch the demonrat dumpster fire. I get enough of Joe & The Ho on the internet. TV is for entertainment, not politics.


7 posted on 08/19/2020 12:14:18 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Justaham

Make America Great Again or Burn it Down!


8 posted on 08/19/2020 12:41:11 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Justaham
I jad heard Night 1 was dpwn 8 millii. from.2016. Not a lot of enthusiams there.

On another note, is it really necessary for these virtual conventions to be 4 nights long? Bang out these mofos in a night, two tops, and donate the saved money to charity.

9 posted on 08/19/2020 12:48:41 PM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: Justaham

Maybe some of the people who tuned in expecting to hear Democrats were shocked to see the D list of the Republican Party of the past, and turned it off.


10 posted on 08/19/2020 12:54:40 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

Seriously... So, when does Mittens speak?


11 posted on 08/19/2020 1:19:18 PM PDT by FightforFreedomCA
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To: Justaham

Six million!

You could get that with a televised Senior Play.

CHEEZ oh man.

I guess I didn’t miss much.


12 posted on 08/19/2020 1:26:43 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: mewzilla
Nobody is talking about demographics.

That depends, but going out on a limb I would say:

1) Looters - 0% watching (too busy looting after all.)
2) Non-looters - 100% of those watching.

This disturbing fact signals to the Democrats that there just aren't enough people out on the streets looting or destroying property.

13 posted on 08/19/2020 1:29:45 PM PDT by voicereason (The mped RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Justaham

Feel that Biden Charisma and Energy course over you! Sit back and absorb it, picture yourself in the Dementia Ward of Shady Acres Retirement home. Take it all in! Don’t you feel energized? Renewed?....hello...is anybody awake out there?


14 posted on 08/19/2020 2:33:08 PM PDT by apillar
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To: Moonlighter; MinuteGal

Next week it’s our turn. All conservatives should turn in every night to watch the RNC convention to make sure Trump has viewership ratings as high as possible, especially in comparison to the DNC fiasco. Tell all your friends and neighbors that are conservative and/or interested independents to make sure to tune in to the Pub convention. Let’s keep OUR turnout something to behold in comparison to Sleepy Joe’s roadshow.


15 posted on 08/19/2020 6:31:42 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald Trump, President for Life (heh, heh))
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