Richard Tafoya
Sep 4th, 2008, 07:10 PM
LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/sarah-palins-sp.html
More than 37 million people tuned in to watch Sarah Palin's (http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/sarah-palin) speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night -- almost as many people as watched Barack Obama (http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/barack-obama) accept the Democratic nomination last Thursday, Nielsen Media reported today.
Palin's highly anticipated appearance drew a surge of nearly 16 million more viewers than the previous night of the GOP gathering. As we reported yesterday, only around 21.5 million people (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/nielsen-republi.html) watched the Republicans on Tuesday night.
Today's Nielsen report (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/politics/) is good news for the GOP, but it sets the bar high for John McCain (http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/john-mccain)'s acceptance speech tonight. The numbers confirm what we determined earlier today: Palin is a hard act to follow (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/john-mccain-in.html).
(Note: The actual number of those tuning in to both Obama and Palin are higher than the Nielsen figures, which do not include PBS’s estimated 4 million viewers on those nights.)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/sarah-palins-sp.html
More than 37 million people tuned in to watch Sarah Palin's (http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/sarah-palin) speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night -- almost as many people as watched Barack Obama (http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/barack-obama) accept the Democratic nomination last Thursday, Nielsen Media reported today.
Palin's highly anticipated appearance drew a surge of nearly 16 million more viewers than the previous night of the GOP gathering. As we reported yesterday, only around 21.5 million people (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/nielsen-republi.html) watched the Republicans on Tuesday night.
Today's Nielsen report (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/politics/) is good news for the GOP, but it sets the bar high for John McCain (http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/john-mccain)'s acceptance speech tonight. The numbers confirm what we determined earlier today: Palin is a hard act to follow (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/john-mccain-in.html).
(Note: The actual number of those tuning in to both Obama and Palin are higher than the Nielsen figures, which do not include PBS’s estimated 4 million viewers on those nights.)