Posted on 06/22/2020 10:52:41 AM PDT by grayboots
President Trumps rally on Saturday attracted a record-setting audience on TV despite the smaller-than-expected crowd in attendance at the Tulsa, Okla., event.
A whopping 7.7 million total viewers tuned into Fox News from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT during Trumps remarks, making it the most watched Saturday in the networks history during that time period, according to early Nielsen data.
Trumps rally also gave Fox News its largest Saturday night primetime audience ever from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Trumps State of the Union address is the only telecast on Fox News in 2020 to outdraw the 9 p.m. hour of Trumps speech on Saturday, which averaged 8.2 million total viewers.
By comparison, ESPNs coverage of the NFL Drafts opening night averaged 8 million, MSNBCs most-watched Democratic primary debate averaged 7.7 million and CNNs most-watched Democratic primary debate averaged 7.4 million.
The Trump campaign has stated that even more viewers tuned in when including the significant audience that watched via streaming platforms.
President Trumps rally in Tulsa attracted over 4 million unique viewers across all of the campaigns digital media channels. The live-streamed pre-rally shows drew an audience of more than 2.5 million unique viewers by themselves, Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement.
Fox News YouTube stream picked up over 2.1 million views, while Fox Business Networks livestream drew over 580,000. The rally was streamed on a variety of other platforms, as well.
Liberal pundits have labeled the rally a disappointment because of the in-person attendance figures but the Trump campaign disagrees.
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I agree with you. While I did have initial concerns about attendance, this rally was far from a flop and definitely reached his target audience and more.
There was to a outdoor speech for the overflow crowd but due to protests and less attendees it was cancelled.
These rallies are all about those of us who watch them on TV or stream them. I’ve never been to one in person, but I’ve watched a bunch. Trump just need a few thousand people there live so he can feed off of their energy.
to be — I meant
Yeah, and he talked about, all the blue seats. What a jerk.
Dang, It beat Mary Tyler Moore!
There were 1,200 watching on Twitch.
Fox News YouTube stream picked up over 2.1 million views, while Fox Business Networks livestream drew over 580,000. The rally was streamed on a variety of other platforms, as well.
Biden would draw perhaps a million, but only if his viewers could find their masks, yes, that's how ****** dumb those koolaid drinkers are.
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There is no rule of law anymore in this country. City Mayors protect MS13 gang members against ICE. Governors are emptying out prisons. Thugs, looters, rapists and murderers skip down the street, free as a bird.
FoxNews sends a MASSIVE THANK YOU to CNN & MSNBC for their decisions to NOT broadcast the event and thus driving their viewers to FoxNews!
Great! But it messes up FOX competing with CNN to see who can get lowest ratings.
I do believe it’s RSBN OANN broadcasts.
When are you going to try and make any sense for a change?
I was one of those watching.
Yes, I watched it there as well.
They never showed the empty seats, panning around only the lower sections which were filled. However, they did “talk about the elephant in the room” and reported that only about 13,000 of the 19,000 seats were filled.
MSN Outlook says Trump is disappointed in the poor turnout at Tulsa. No mention of snowflakes reserving tickets so they wouldn’t use them. Yet, 4 million watched on TV and internet. Fake News is alive a well (errrr, alive and fake).
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