It seems to have lost viewership compared to the previous three nights:
(18 to 49 age demographic)
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | |
| NBC | 2.282 | 2.323 | 2.526 | 1.758* |
| ABC | 2.442 | 1.854 | 2.484 | 2.425* |
| CBS | 1.987 | 2.072 | 1.993 | 1.587* |
| Totals | 6.711 | 6.249 | 7.003 | 5.770* |
*Preliminary numbers
source: https://www.spoilertv.com/2020/08/ratings-for-thursday-20th-august-2020.html
Thursday night Biden Show final ratings expected later in the afternoon. I would not be surprised to see the Biden Show ratings being padded and inflated.
TG, you know what makes those numbers even more disturbing? Most folks are not out at restaurants, bars, theaters, etc. due to the pandemic. Millions more people were home that could have watched it, but chose not to.
To be honest, I don’t have an interest in either political convention. They are nothing more than week long info-merchals. Would you watch the Super Bowl if the final score were known in advance? In the old days conventions were interesting - competition for the nominations, delegates debating the merits of their various factions. If all sixteen or so of the Democratic aspirants were still fighting for the nomination at the convention, I can guarantee that the viewership would be off the charts.
Joe was ratings flop. Total viewers of his speech was down 21% compared to hillary’s speech.
And no Thursday bump for Joe compared to Wednesday. Hillary had 25% ratings bump for her speech. Trumps ‘s speech bump was 40% in 2016.