The Republican convention was watched by about 2 percent fewer people in 2000 than in 1996, according to the Nielsen data.
Underscoring the Fox News Channel's momentum, its audience was up 120 percent in the same period, according to Nielsen data.
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Mr. Wurtzel also pointed to Nielsen data that showed Hispanic men were spending significantly fewer minutes in front of the television.
Nielsen data indicated a total of 7.3 million viewers, with a Demo of 2.6/7.
According to the Nielsen data, its household ratings during prime time translate into just 63,000 people, only 19,000 of whom were women 18 to 49, Oxygen's key demographic.
The company is the largest bathroom tissue marketer in the country, with a 38.9 percent volume share, according to Nielsen data provided by Georgia-Pacific.
In 2011, Activia is the largest global fresh dairy brand in the world (Nielsen data).
The program is also a ratings hit on Disney Junior, attracting an average of 918,000 children age 2 to 5, according to Nielsen data.
Everything the network comes up with is based on estimates from Nielsen data.