No matter what the Right says about the Republican Con's ratings...

[Khephra]

Lets put it in a little perspective.

"Much better but still off the mark on Monday were the season premieres of NBC's "Fear Factor" (10.8 million, 4.5/13), down 26% in adults 18-49 compared with the show's bow last season, and "Last Comic Standing" (7.8 million, 3.8/10)."

and...

"Fox News' numbers peaked Thursday when President Bush's Republican Party nominee acceptance speech drew 7.3 million viewers and ranked as the top cable program for the week. The News Corp.-owned channel's coverage of the convention earned the top eight slots in the weekly household cable rankings."

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=televisionNews&storyID=6187543

More people in this country watched "Fear Factor" and "Last Comic Standing" than the acceptance speech of a "popular war pResident".