The final Nielsen live-plus-same-day data from Wednesday night is in, and it shows an estimated 17.3 million people tuned in to watch the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention. (TVNewser)
The figure compares to 19.4 million viewers from the previous evening, according to Nielsen. The viewership also was less than the 22.8 million who watched the third night of the Democratic Convention last week. (Deadline)
Wednesday was the least-watched night of the two major party conventions this year, and five of six networks—ABC, NBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC—lost viewers compared to Tuesday (which averaged 18 million across all six). (THR / Live Feed)
Fox News drew 7.066 million viewers in the 10 p.m. hour, with 1.383 million in the advertiser-coveted adults 25-54 demo. By comparison, CNN got 1.515 million with 487,000 in the adults 25-54 demo, and MSNBC got only 1.480 million with 311,000 in the adults 25-54 range. (Mediaite)