Vice President Mike Pence attracted the smallest TV audience yet for this week’s Republican convention, speaking on an evening when Americans might have been distracted by canceled sports and Hurricane Laura.
An estimated 15.7 million viewers watched Wednesday’s coverage on six major broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen data released by Fox Corp. Fox News Channel led with an audience of almost 7.1 million. An estimated 18 million watched the convention Tuesday night, with 15.8 million tuning in on Monday.
About 21.4 million watched the Democratic convention a week earlier on the same channels. That night featured Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris making her debut as the first woman of color on a major party ticket.