Most Watched Convention in History

GOP convention was the most watched in history.

More than a few Democrats were crowing last week and suggesting that the GOP couldn't match the Dems.  Just for old times sake, here's D. Boon from last week.

On August 30th, 2008 at 08:34 AM, D. Boon said:

Uh oh.  More bad news for Republicans:

    The historic speech by the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party reached 38.4 million viewers on 10 broadcast and cable networks, Nielsen Media Research said Friday. PBS estimated that an additional 3.5 million had watched its prime-time coverage.

    The ratings dwarfed the audience for the Summer Olympics and the season finale of “American Idol” in May, and added to what was already a sense of buoyancy within the Obama campaign that the night had gone better than planned. ...

    The four-night convention was the most-watched since 1960, when Nielsen began measuring the events. The 10 p.m. hour, Eastern time, from Monday to Thursday was viewed by an average of 22.4 million households, Nielsen said, surpassing by half a million the Republican convention of 1976, previously top-rated.

Well, I am sure the Republican convention will do just as well, especially now that the former Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska is on board.

Goodnight, Irene.