Democratic National Convention Audience Grows To 26.2M Viewers On Final Night As Kamala Harris Accepts Nomination

The final night of the Democratic National Convention, buoyed by a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris accepting the party’s presidential nomination, averaged 26.2M viewers on Thursday across 15 networks, according to Nielsen.

The audience grew to 28.9M viewers during Harris’ speech, which aired from around 10:31 p.m. to 11:11 p.m. ET.

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The DNC’s Night 4 average is nearly a 30% audience increase over the past three nights, which held steady around 20M viewers. Previously, the most-watched night of the 2024 DNC was Wednesday, which brought in 20.8M.

It’s also up from both the 2020 DNC when 24.6M tuned in to watch President Joe Biden accept his nomination, and this year’s Republican National Convention, which drew 25.4M on Night 4 in July.

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On Night 4, the 18-34 demo averaged about 1.4M viewers, marking the first time during the convention that this demo’s audience has hit seven figures. The 35-54 demo saw 5.2M viewers, while the 55+ crowd once again made up the largest portion of the audience with nearly 19M.

Night 4 of the DNC aired from approximately 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ET, which varied televised coverage across the 15 networks.

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The program was hosted by Kerry Washington and included musical guests P!nk and The Chicks. In addition to Harris’ speech, the night included words from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), as well as Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA), former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger and gun violence advocates and survivors.

The reported networks were ABC, CBS, NBC, Scripps News, Telemundo, Univision, BET, CNN, CNNe, FOX Business, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation, PBS.

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