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Melania Trump’s Speech Lifts Republican TV Ratings on Second Night
- Evening featured Melania Trump’s address from the Rose Garden
- Viewers trail Republicans’ 2016 audience, top Democrats
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrives to speak during the Republican National Convention in the Rose Garden of the White House on Aug. 25.
Photographer: Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg
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More than 19.4 million viewers tuned in to TV news networks for the second night of the Republican convention, with First Lady Melania Trump helping to increase the audience from Monday night.
Fox Corp.’s Fox News Channel won the night, attracting 7.91 million total viewers, according to Nielsen data from six major networks released by CNN. Comcast Corp.’s NBC came in second place with almost 2.5 million viewers.