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An estimated 26 million people watched
Monday evening between 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Eastern time, when
first lady Michelle Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders were among
the key speakers, Nielsen said. The data represents people
watching across seven broadcast and cable TV networks.
The total is about three million more TV eyes than for the first
night of the Republican convention last week when White House
contender Donald Trump's wife Melania was the keynote speaker.
All in all, some 23 million Americans watched the first night of
the Republican convention last week - in line with the audience
for the 2012 gathering. Trump's big acceptance speech on
Thursday night last week, however, failed to deliver the record
audiences many TV executives had been expecting.
In 2012, the Democratic convention generally drew more nightly
TV viewers than the Republican gathering, when Mitt Romney was
running for the White House.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant in New York; and Lisa Richwine in
Los Angeles; Editing by Marguerita Choy and Chris Reese)
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