TV ratings for last night: 3.8/6 to 2.4/4 for the big 3. Not very good.

[Democrats_win]

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings082708,0,3629712.story

NBC held its lead at 10 p.m., scoring a 3.8/6 with its coverage of the Democratic National Convention. CBS got a 2.5/4 from its coverage, narrowly beating ABC's 2.4/4.

What the numbers mean:
The most commonly cited Nielsen results are reported in two measurements: ratings points and share, usually reported as (ratings points/share). As of August 27, 2007, there are an estimated 112.8 million television households in the United States. A single national ratings point represents one percent of the total number, or 1,128,000 households for the 2006-07 season. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to the program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Ratings

[liberalhistorian]

1. To be brutally honest, I think outside of

the media bubble, the blogs and political junkies like us, people really don't pay too much attention to conventions and speeches anymore and they don't pay nearly as much attention to politics and personages. That's both a curse and a blessing, frankly.

[book_worm]

2. Well she came close, but not quite close enough to getting more people than Obama did

An estimated 37.24 million viewers tuned into six networks measured by the Nielsen Company to see the vice presidential nominee's speech before the Republican National Convention.

The numbers were just short of the 38.37 million people who tuned in to see Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama address the Democractic National Convention last Thursday, which aired on 10 networks.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republican_race/2008/09/04/2008-09-04_sarah_palins_speech_wins_tv_ratings_batt.html

[Blue State Bandit]

3. How many of those viewers cringed at the attacks?

How many were hoping to witness a train Wreck?

High viewership does not mean that everybody watching agreed with that drivel.