1988 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION : Convention TV Ratings Drop Again
Television ratings for the Republican National Convention dropped again on Wednesday night, while ABC easily outdistanced its two rivals for the largest share of the dwindling audience.
The A. C. Nielsen Co. reported that ABC had an average rating of 8.7 on the night Vice President George Bush won the party’s nomination for the presidency. NBC and CBS tied with ratings of 6.7.
The three-network total of 16.7 was down from 19.9 on Monday and 17.6 on Tuesday. By contrast, the third night of the Democratic National Convention drew a cumulative rating of 22.1.
Each rating point represents 866,000 homes with television sets.
For the first three nights of the GOP convention, the three networks’ average rating is 18.1, compared to 21.0 for the first three nights of the Democratic gathering in Atlanta.
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