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[08/23/24 - 04:40 PM]
For the First Time in at Least 30 Years, ABC News Sweeps Primetime Coverage Every Night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention as the No. 1 Broadcast Network Across the Board, with Night-Over-Night Audience Growth
ABC News' coverage of the Democratic National Convention's fourth night (9:00-11:27 p.m.), led by "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir, is ABC's most-watched final night of a DNC in 16 years.
[via press release from ABC]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 30 YEARS, ABC NEWS SWEEPS PRIMETIME COVERAGE EVERY NIGHT OF THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AS THE NO. 1 BROADCAST NETWORK ACROSS THE BOARD, WITH NIGHT-OVER-NIGHT AUDIENCE GROWTH

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 30 YEARS, ABC NEWS SWEEPS PRIMETIME COVERAGE EVERY NIGHT OF THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AS THE NO. 1 BROADCAST NETWORK ACROSS THE BOARD, WITH NIGHT-OVER-NIGHT AUDIENCE GROWTH

With Most-Watched Final Night of Democratic National Convention in 16 Years, ABC News Is No. 1 in All Key Demos - Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

Thursday Night's Primetime Coverage Grew Double Digits Over Night Three of the Democratic National Convention, Outdelivering NBC by 1.2 Million Viewers and CBS by 1.8 Million Viewers

For the first time in at least 30 years, ABC News wins every night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention as the No. 1 broadcast network across the board, with night-over-night audience growth (the Nielsen electronic database started in September 1991). ABC News' coverage of the Democratic National Convention's fourth night (9:00-11:27 p.m.), led by "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir, is ABC's most-watched final night of a DNC in 16 years - since night four of the 2008 Democratic National Convention (8/28/08). ABC News ranked No. 1 among the broadcast networks in Total Viewers (4.233 million), Adults 25-54 (1.050 million) and Adults 18-49 (789,000).

· ABC outperformed CBS' "Campaign 2024 - Democratic Convention Thursday" (2.424 million, 607,000 and 445,000, respectively, - 9:00-11:22 p.m.) and NBC's "Decision '24 Democratic Convention Thursday" (3.014 million, 857,000 and 637,000, respectively - 9:00-11:29 p.m.).

· Night four of ABC News' 2024 Democratic National Convention grew substantially from night three in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+32% - 4.233 million vs. 3.199 million), Adults 25-54 (+49% - 1.050 million vs. 707,000) and Adults 18-49 (+46% - 789,000 vs. 539,000).

· ABC News' 2024 Democratic National Convention four-night averages increased by double digits compared to the network's four-night averages of the 2020 Democratic National Convention across the board: Total Viewers (+30% - 3.337 million vs. 2.562 million), Adults 25-54 (+12% - 753,000 vs. 675,000) and Adults 18-49 (+13% - 559,000 vs. 493,000), growing the most in each demo versus CBS and NBC.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, 8/22/24. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.





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