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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
How’d that happen? McCain didn’t even rent a football stadium or anything! The cold comfort for Democrats here is that Palin didn’t quite edge out Obama’s numbers according to Nielsen despite earlier reports to the contrary . But tempering even that small ray of sunshine is the fact that Palin almost edged out Obama’s ratings despite running on six fewer channels, and McCain did edge out his ratings...
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Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Last week it was reported that Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was the most-watched convention speech ever, with 38.4 million viewers. Then, six days later, the Republican vice presidential nominee came within an inch of his record total. And then Nielsen reported that John McCain’s speech edged out Obama’s, making him the most-watched presidential nominee ever. But [...]
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Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Republican Presidential candidate John McCain edged out his opponent, the Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama , in the Nielsen TV ratings, according to Reuters. While almost 40 million viewers watched both men accept their party's nomination, slightly more watched the Republican nominee, with 38.9 million tuning in to McCain, while 38.3 million watched Obama's speech. McCain's talked-about...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
The media elite want you to think that people are disinterested in politics, and, in particular, Republicans. They're wrong! Numbers just released by Nielsen Media Research show the average per night viewership of the just concluded Republican National Convention set a record this week topping the audience for the previous week's Democratic National Convention by more than 4 million viewers each evening....
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama. The GOP presidential candidate attracted roughly the same number of viewers to his convention acceptance speech Thursday as Obama did before the Democrats last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Anthony Fuller (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Well, the amount of viewers Sarah Palin received didn’t really surprise me, but the Nielsen ratings for McCain did… As the title implies, the Democrats will find excuses as to why McCain could have possibly garnered a larger audience. You know, the same smarmy, pretentious ones who refer to John McCain as “Johnny.” Don’t worry, you’re [...]
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Red State (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Nielsen Media Research gives the nod to the Republican by over half a million viewers According to Nielsen Media Research, 38.9-million television viewers in the United States watched Senator John McCain accept the Republican Party's Presidential nomination, which tops the short-lived record 38.3-million who saw Barack Obama accept the Dem nomination in front of Styrofoam columns in a football stadium...
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The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
John McCain acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention was watched by nearly 39 million people last night, Nielsen Media Research says. The GOP presidential nominee managed to edge out Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama, who garnered 38.4 million viewers during his own keynote address one week ago. Nielsen believes the NFL Kickoff Game between Superbowl champions [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Los Angeles - Republican presidential candidate John McCain has set a television ratings record - 38.9 million viewers watched his acceptance speech on Thursday night, according to figures released Friday by ratings firm Nielsen Media Research. Thurs...
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Solomonia (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
According to Nielsen: Palin Triggers RNC Ratings Spike More than 37.2 million people tuned in for coverage of the third night of the 2008 Republican National Convention, which featured Sarah Palin's much anticipated national debut. Wednesday night's RNC broadcasts attracted...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
NEW YORK — More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics. Nielsen Media Research says 4.7 billion viewers globally saw at least some of the 17 days of TV coverage last month. This audience was one-fifth larger than the 3.9 billion who watched the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Host nation China claimed more viewers than any other nation, Nielsen said Friday, logging an...
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Mark A. Kilmer (the weblog) (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
According to Nielsen Media Research, 38.9-million television viewers in the United States watched Senator John McCain accept the Republican Party’s Presidential nomination, which tops the short-lived record 38.3-million who saw Barack Obama accept the Dem nomination in front of Styrofoam columns in a football stadium last week by over half a million folks. (Only [...]
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Just Jared (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
In the race for ratings, John McCain has beat Barack Obama for viewership during their respective convention speeches. According to Nielsen, McCain drew 38.9 million viewers for his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention while Obama only drew 38.4 million viewers for his acceptance speech. 38.9 million viewers ranks as the highest rated convention [...]
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UNCoRRELATED (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
and it could be more .... Across all broadcast networks Thursday, Sen. McCain’s speech ended the night with a 4.8 rating/7 share, compared to Sen. Obama’s 4.3/7 average, according to overnight numbers from metered households in 55 U.S. markets measured by Nielsen. These ratings are preliminary, however, and are subject to change.
