Will Thorne Staff WriterThe first night of the Republican National Convention was down a touch in total viewership on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, at least according to early numbers.Across the three broadcast networks, the RNC night 1 drew around 4.9 million total viewers, a 14% drop from last Monday’s DNC first night which drew 5.7 million.Looking at the networks individually, ABC scored the largest total viewership (as it did for the DNC), drawing 1.8 million viewers.
NBC was right behind with 1.7 million, followed by CBS with 1.4 million.As was the case with the DNC last week, it appears that the RNC is on course for much smaller numbers than the previous edition from four years ago.
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