LA Times reporting
Both conventions equally down over 2016 because of format
Continuing the cult theme, viewership slightly lower (but note odd qualification) for RNC but spike in Trump window
"the first night of the Republican National Convention averaged 15.8 million viewers on Monday, a sharp drop of 28% from 2016.
The audience figure from Nielsen was also below the opening night of last week’s Democratic National Convention which averaged 18.7 million viewers over the three major English language broadcast networks and three leading cable news channels. The audience for the Democrats on the first night of their convention was also down about 28% from 2016"
That qualification (italics) is because of this:
"With additional channels added, the final total was 19.7 million for the Democrats on Aug. 17. A total for coverage of the Republicans’ proceedings on Monday will be issued later today."
so Trump might be waiting on that
and of curse anyone can claim "victory" over streaming
