Trump Acceptance Speech Draws 25.4 Million Viewers, Tops 2020
- Fox Corp. said its news channel led among the TV networks
- Former president spoke of the failed assassination attempt
People watch Trump's speech at a bar in Milwaukee on July 18.
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Donald Trump’s Thursday night speech accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for president attracted a TV audience of 25.4 million viewers across 14 networks, Nielsen said Friday.
The convention broadcast, which featured Trump’s first major televised speech since surviving a July 13 assassination attempt, drew more viewers than the 23.8 million who tuned in for the final day of the convention in 2020, according to Nielsen. More than 32 million watched Trump’s first acceptance speech in 2016.