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Early data comes as Trump reportedly concerned Kamala Harris nomination speech will outshine his from RNC

The first night of the ongoing Democratic National Convention in Chicago had signficantly better ratings than the opening of the Republican National Convention last month, according to overnight data.

The DNC had 11.4 percent of sampled households watching in 44 major metro areas across seven networks on Monday, compared with the RNC’s 9.4 percent rating, a difference of over 20 percent, according to TV analyst Michael Mulvihill, president of insights and analytics at FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, and Tubi.

In a statement on X, the analyst warned that the data was just preliminary.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 78 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Only one person cares about these ratings, and he hates this.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Heheh, that little look at his own hands.....

And the cameras scanning the, not one, but two packed arenas, the second one being where Trump's convention had been....

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Trump's obsessed with the size of a lot of things. Maybe he's compensating for something. I guess we'll never know.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 47 points 3 weeks ago

It's so weird that a former "celebrity" would be such a ratings loser. How humiliating that must be, when he has every advantage. Looks. Experience. Bottle of sperm freshly harvested from a couch glove...

Interesting that people still care so much about live viewings of non-sports content in the age of VOD.

But also: lol Trump is gonna lose his shit

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Fun fact: "TV ratings" are polls!

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“These ratings are fake ratings. The best people are telling me this. And I know it’s true because I’m very intelligent—my uncle, MIT guy, very smart, good genes. This is the Marxist, fascist media trying to take Trump down, just like they did to the late, great Hannibal Lector.

Just yesterday, a TV executive—big, tough guy, never cried before in his life—came up to me and said, with tears running down his face, he said, ‘sir, I’ve never seen ratings as fake as these.’”

— Donald Trump, probably

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

As I read all these classic lines (and try not to roll my eyes out of my head), I can see them scrolling up a TV screen—some in yellow text—just like those old "Greatest Hitz" CD commercials.