Kerry Draws Convention's Biggest TV Audience

[Khephra]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 24 million Americans watched Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry deliver his nationally televised acceptance speech on Thursday, giving a big ratings bounce to a convention marked by generally weak viewer interest.

Kerry's TV audience was by far the biggest of the four-day event, surpassing viewership of speeches by either his running mate, John Edwards, or former President Bill Clinton on the two other nights of the convention covered in prime time by the three major broadcast networks, Nielsen Media Research reported on Friday.

ABC, CBS and NBC skipped Tuesday night coverage altogether, while cable outlets CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC provided gavel-to-gavel coverage for all four nights of the convention.

A total of 24.4 million Americans tuned into the Big Three broadcasters and the three leading cable news networks combined to see Kerry take the podium at Boston's Fleet Center and declare he was ``reporting for duty'' at the climax of the national party meeting, Nielsen said.the delegates on opening night of the convention, Monday. And Sen. Edwards of North Carolina, the vice presidential nominee, averaged 17.9 million viewers for his acceptance speech on Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-campaign-ratings.html

[WindRavenX]

1. That's awesome!!

The message is out for sure now! :bounce: :bounce:

[SoCalDem]

2. Duh !!

That's like saying the surprise party was "more fun" after the guest of honor showed up, and they turned the lights on :eyes:

[belle]

3. Gonna say.

[0007]

4. This is a good sign!

[Roy]

5. What a joke.....

"ABC, CBS and NBC skipped Tuesday night coverage altogether, while cable outlets CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC provided gavel-to-gavel coverage for all four nights of the convention."

too bad they couldn't compare with CSPAN which provided real gavel to gavel coverage.

[mom cat]

6. C SPAN was great. To think that Al Jazeera outdid our networks is

unbelievable. But it was grear that so many people tuned in last night. He really redeffined the political debate in this country, and for the better.

[DS1]

7. 10%, shameful

:eyes:

[KittyWampus]

8. Whack Them With A 2x4

GOD

edit- I'm talking about the article's title and the fact they'd make a FUCKING STORY OUT OF IT!