Night 2 dips from Monday's kickoff, which went on to gross more than 28 million viewers.
Viewers tuned into then Democratic National Convention on Monday night, with north of 28 million watching across the networks that split coverage during the last hour of primetime. It set an optimistic tone for ratings, with the second of four nights at least drawing positive early returns from the broadcast networks.
With adjusted broadcast returns and fresh cable numbers, at least 24.3 million viewers watched former President Bill Clinton's Tuesday night speech between 10 and 11:15 p.m. ET. As it did on Monday night,, NBC News led the pack among the broadcast networks — though CNN again topped all of TV with more than 5.9 million viewers during the shared hour.
NBC News pulled 5.3 million viewers, a more narrow margin from the day before, and sister network MSNBC delivered 3.8 million viewers.. ABC News contributed 3.5 million, and CBS News had 2.9 million. Fox News Channel, which dominated the GOP festivities, fell to last place — just a hair below CBS.
PBS returns have yet to come in, but those will likely put the second night of the DNC just over the comparable evening during 2012. The final tally on that night was 25.1 million.
In non-DNC programming, a steady America's Got Talent easily bested a special Tuesday outing of the ABC's The Bachelorette in the key demo. The NBC series scored a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49, beating the competition's 1.4 rating.
