On Monday night, the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago with an impressive viewership of over 20 million, surpassing the Republican National Convention's first night viewership last month. The opening night of the DNC featured notable speeches from prominent figures such as Hillary Clinton, first lady Jill Biden, and President Joe Biden.
Nielsen reported that the DNC's opening night drew an average of 20.03 million viewers across 13 television networks from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET. President Biden's speech, which began just before 11:30 p.m. ET, attracted approximately 19.1 million viewers.
