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How many people will watch Sarah Palin's acceptance speech tonight?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 37 million U.S. TV viewers tuned in to watch Sarah Palin accept the Republican nomination for vice president on Wednesday, just shy of the record set last week by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35323420080904
Background:
Obama broke records last week with 38 million viewers during his acceptance speech, but its looking like Sarah has a good chance to break that record tonight. How many people will watch her this evening?
For reference:
Hillary drew 25 million
Biden drew 24 million
Obama drew 38 million
Settlement details:
As reported by Nielson
Example http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/obama-speech-final-day-of-dnc-reaches-a-quarter-of-american-households/
Settled
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Less than 24 million |
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24 to less than 38 million |
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38 million or more |
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Suspend date: Wed 3rd Sep 5pm PDT Settlement date: Thu 4th Sep 1:18pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 3rd Sep 5pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Less than 24 million: 10%, 24 to less than 38 million: 45%, 38 million or more: 45%
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rbrog77: I heard a Republican on MSNBC say she had 37 million. Not sure if it's ture or not, but that's what he said. 
destry: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 37 million U.S. TV viewers tuned in to watch Sarah Palin accept the Republican nomination for vice president on Wednesday, just shy of the record set last week by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35323420080904
Suspend date: Wed 3rd Sep 5pm PDT Settlement date: Thu 4th Sep 1:18pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 3rd Sep 5pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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predicted 38 million or more (H$1,000 at 34%)
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Great job Governor Palin!
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080904/D93079DG4.html
While there were actually over 40 million viewers (PBS's 3.9 + Nielsen's 37.2), the settlement details are pretty specific about using Nielsen's numbers (which don't include PBS *or* C-SPAN).
AP reports (more accurate) 40million+ viewers:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1PNEAlNhi736iLSoZ4vEsFWALhgD9305CCO0
Official Nielsen report of 37.2million viewers:
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/palin-triggers-rnc-ratings-spike/
So I'm guessing the initial settlement will stand. :)
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