Democratic Convention Racks Up Big Ratings

[Benny B]

Obama's speech garnered more viewers than the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics.

August 29, 2008
Democratic Convention Racks Up Big Ratings
Amy Schatz reports on the presidential election.

More than 38 million people tuned in Thursday night to watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination at Denver’s Invesco Field, Nielsen Co. reported today.

The historic final night of the convention received, as expected, the highest ratings of the gathering, drawing more viewers in all of the demographic categories that Nielsen tracks, including all age groups.

Hispanic viewers, in particular, tuned in Thursday night in greater numbers, with an estimated 5.2 million households watching during 10-11 p.m. EDT, when Obama spoke. During the previous three days of the convention, anywhere from 1 million to 1.4 million Hispanic households tuned in to watch, Nielsen figures show. The number of African-American households watching last night also jumped by about 3 million compared to the other three nights, which attracted around 4.5 million African-American viewers.

Overall, the convention drew an average of 30 million viewers a night, about 10 million more than the 2004 Democratic convention, Nielsen reported.Nielsen tracked viewers watching NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, BET and TV One.

PBS was not included in the Nielsen ratings but it released a statement early Friday that public broadcasting stations attracted about 3.5 million viewers Thursday night with an average of 3 million throughout the convention.

[headhuntersix]

Thats great...we've moved on...All pallin all the time over the next 72 hours. Obama's window has been blown. If Gustav hits it won't matter for either guy. And if FEMA kicks ass.....the dems will have nothing to bitch about. And by all accounts they're ready and waiting.

[Benny B]

Dogshit has faith in FEMA? LOL

The reverberations of the incredible night here in Denver will be felt for years to come.

[w8tlftr]

Dogshit has faith in FEMA? LOL

The reverberations of the incredible night here in Denver will be felt for years to come.

Why? Did all the crap flowing out of that convention clog up Mr. Hankey's eco-system?

[Hugo Chavez]

Thats great...we've moved on...All pallin all the time over the next 72 hours. Obama's window has been blown. If Gustav hits it won't matter for either guy. And if FEMA kicks ass.....the dems will have nothing to bitch about. And by all accounts they're ready and waiting.

If you want to move on, start a new thread but don't derail other people's threads.

[shootfighter1]

"The reverberations of the incredible night here in Denver will be felt for years to come."

I don't know about that...it was a good convention overall but was over the top in my opinion with the glitz, glam, all the musicians, fireworks, huge stadium...just seemed overdone to me, particularly the last day...lots of wasted $.  Obama gave a good speech but was typical left wing democrat party line type stuff.  "Change" seems generic with typical democrat mantras & biden as VP.  Obama is seen now for what he is, an articulate, passionate socialist style democrat.  He was once seen as someone who brings people together but he is so far left, he alienates most moderates.  His speech was good, but not so great that it isn't eventually forgetable. 

[Benny B]

"The reverberations of the incredible night here in Denver will be felt for years to come."

I don't know about that...it was a good convention overall but was over the top in my opinion with the glitz, glam, all the musicians, fireworks, huge stadium...just seemed overdone to me, particularly the last day...lots of wasted $.  Obama gave a good speech but was typical left wing democrat party line type stuff.  "Change" seems generic with typical democrat mantras & biden as VP.  Obama is seen now for what he is, an articulate, passionate socialist style democrat.  He was once seen as someone who brings people together but he is so far left, he alienates most moderates.  His speech was good, but not so great that it isn't eventually forgetable. 

That's the opinion I'd expect from you.
The electricity in the stadium was incredible, and it was something that has never been done before.

[youandme]

And if FEMA kicks ass.....the dems will have nothing to bitch about. And by all accounts they're ready and waiting.

What is sad...they are hoping for the worse to happen. But Bobby Jindal (R) is doing all he can to gear up for this unlike Blanco.

[Bindare_Dundat]

We'll be off that Middle East oil in 10 years people.  Who would have thunk it?

[240 is Back]

What is sad...they are hoping for the worse to happen. But Bobby Jindal (R) is doing all he can to gear up for this unlike Blanco.

isn't he a muslim?

Until someone proves otherwise, I think it's safe to believe a muslim is controlling our hurricane response system.  Ever since 911, I think we've learned that....