Melania Trump helps boost Republican convention TV ratings

Published August 26, 2020 7:13pm ET



The Republican National Convention’s second night, headlined by first lady Melania Trump, drew a larger audience than the opening night’s broadcast.

The GOP’s speaker lineup on Tuesday pulled 18 million viewers between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to early Nielsen Media Research data. A week ago, Nielsen initially found Democrats attracted 18.2 million people, but that figure was later revised to 19.2 million once all the firm’s numbers were crunched.

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