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Ryan speech ratings pale to Palin '08

TAMPA, Fla. -- Roughly 20 million people watched Paul Ryan's convention speech last night, according to TVNewser. The turnout is drastically less than the 37.2 million who tuned in for Sarah Palin's GOP convention speech in 2008 and less than the roughly 24 million who tuned in for Joe Biden's Democratic convention speech that year, according to reports from the time.

For the second night in a row, Fox News drew more viewers than the networks, and far outperformed its cable competition. In the 10 p.m. hour, Fox drew 7.7 million viewers; NBC drew 4.15 million, ABC drew 2.86 million, CBS drew 2.56 million, MSNBC drew 1.44 million, and CNN drew 1.34 million.

The full ratings, via TVNewser:

From 10-(just after) 11PM, when the broadcasters were live, FNC averaged 7.70 million total viewers, including 2.07 million in the key adults 25-54 demo. NBC was next with 4.15 million viewers, including 1.49 million adults 25-54, followed by ABC with 2.86 million viewers including 993,941 A25-54 and CBS with 2.56 million viewers, including 943,519 A25-54. MSNBC drew 1.44 million viewers during the hour, including 402,044 A25-54, while CNN brought in 1.34 million viewers, including 451,270 A25-54.