Will Thorne Staff WriterThe final night of the Republican National Convention, which headlined by a rambling 70-minute speech from President Trump, failed to score a big boost from the previous nights, at least according to early numbers.Across the three major broadcast networks which covered the RNC’s curtain call, around 5.4 million viewers tuned in, which is up a fraction on the previous night, but down on night 2.
For comparison, the final night of the Democratic National Convention last week had 5.8 million viewers at the same stage, but exactly how the two conventions match up will be clearer later in the day when the cable news numbers are added to the picture.Looking at the networks individually, ABC led the way with 2.3 million.
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