Palin Nearly Breaks Obama Speech Record; Swamps Hillary Among Women Despite Lack of TV Coverage
TV Ratings: Palin 37.2M, Obama 38.3M - But Palin Only on 6 Channels to Obama’s 10
Nielsen Television ratings showed that Sarah Palin’s speech Wednesday night nearly broke Obama’s record-setting — 37.2 million viewers versus 38.3 million - despite her speech NOT being carried by BET, TV One, Univision and Telemundo.
Despite NOT being broadcast on those last two, she out-pulled Hispanic viewers and pulled in nearly 50 percent more women viewers than Hillary.
More detailed Nielsen data is HERE.
Here’s a thumbnail provided by Nielsen:
The Sarah Palin speech generated 37.2 million viewers, just 1.1 million viewers short of Barack 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.
