The numbers are for the 10 p.m.
ET hour across 12 networks.
That was up slightly from the 17 million who watched in 2020.
Hillary Clinton spoke on the first night of the Democratic National Convention.Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images
But it was down significantly from 2016, when the DNC drew 25.95 million.
The figures are also Nielsen via MSNBC.