Here are some highlights from Nielson's ratings for Day 3 of the GOP convention:
* The Sara Palin speech generated 37.2 million viewers, just a 1.1 million viewers short of Barak Obama's record-breaking speech on Day 4 of the Democratic Convention. The Palin speech was carried on only six networks while the Obama speech was carried on ten (including BET, TV One, Univision and Telemundo).* Palin attracted a large female audience (19.5 million women, or 4.9 million more than Day 3 of the Democratic Convention).
* Ratings for viewers 55+ (25.2) continue to be about ten times higher than for teens (2.2)
* Day 3 for the GOP attracted more Hispanic viewers (1.4 million) than Day 3 of the Democratic Convention (1.2 million), even though Univision and Telemundo did not carry the speech.
More detailed information can be found here.
Wow! I wonder what Palin's audience would have been if the speech had been covered on all ten networks that covered Obama's.
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I think there's an Echo in ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Darby | September 4, 2008 5:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think there's an Echo in here. :)
1. Posted by Darby | September 4, 2008 5:05 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2008 17:05
2. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | September 4, 2008 6:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Darby,
I think your gag is older than I am. But I am sure you will post it in every thread.
Anyway, that last point is interesting. I wonder why Univision and Telemundo did not carry the speech.
2. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | September 4, 2008 6:28 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2008 18:28
3. Posted by Darby | September 4, 2008 7:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Um, my gag was just to point out that Lorie and Kim posted almost identical postings within minutes of each other.
I have no reason to post it anywhere else.
I think you're looking into my 2 posts far more then you need too.
3. Posted by Darby | September 4, 2008 7:43 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2008 19:43
4. Posted by Arthur | September 4, 2008 10:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Is there one person in the country who gets any of these networks (BET, TV One, Univision and Telemundo) but doesn't get one of the six who carried the speech? If not, then I don't see why there should be a big difference in the ratings.
4. Posted by Arthur | September 4, 2008 10:06 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2008 22:06
5. Posted by Denise | September 4, 2008 11:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oddly enough, the AP is saying she got more than 40 million viewers:
I think it's totally obnoxious that those four stations are so biased. People need to see the whole story.5. Posted by Denise | September 4, 2008 11:00 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2008 23:00
6. Posted by GarandFan | September 5, 2008 12:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I hope the Chosen One continues to make remarks about McCains age.
OLD people VOTE. Young people sign up to vote, but somehow don't seem to make it to the polls on election day. Something to do about 'priorities'. Like Obama choosing shopping over going to a hospital to see wounded troops. Democratic nuance.
6. Posted by GarandFan | September 5, 2008 12:04 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2008 00:04
7. Posted by Trip | September 5, 2008 8:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Palin drew more than Obama. PBS reported 2.3 million viewers which puts Palin's numbers at 40 million
7. Posted by Trip | September 5, 2008 8:49 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2008 08:49
8. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | September 5, 2008 9:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Arthur,
For BET, I agree with you. For the Spanish networks, there are people that do not speak much english, or speak it as a second (third, fourth) language. Many of these people get much to all of their news from these sources, so they can hear it in their native tongue.
8. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | September 5, 2008 9:57 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2008 09:57
9. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | September 5, 2008 9:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OH, and for BET, I suspect there just wasn't enough badonkadonk shaking in MN for the network's taste.
9. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | September 5, 2008 9:58 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2008 09:58