Wednesday Cable Ratings 8/19/20: Democratic National Convention Jumps to High Point as Giffords, Clinton, Pelosi, Warren, Obama & Harris Speak, NBA Takes Second

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Wednesday, 8/19/20. Items of note include the Democratic National Convention on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS, and Corporate on Comedy Central.
(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2020 Democratic National Convention	CNN	1.07	5.83
NBA Playoffs: Clippers v. Mavericks	TNT	0.98	2.28
2020 Democratic National Convention	CNN	0.81	4.88
2020 Democratic National Convention	MSNBC	0.69	6.19
NBA Playoffs: Celtics v. 76ers	TNT	0.68	1.71
America's Choice 2020	CNN	0.63	3.52
Inside the NBA Playoffs	CNN	0.44	0.98
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams	MSNBC	0.43	4.16
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Bravo	0.43	1.40
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.41	3.94
NBA Playoffs: Nuggets v. Jazz	TNT	0.39	1.07
Hannity	Fox News	0.39	3.65
America's Choice 2020	CNN	0.34	2.58
MSNBC Special Coverage	MSNBC	0.32	3.52
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.3	2.29
Married At First Sight	Lifetime	0.3	1.15
America's Choice 2020	CNN	0.3	1.78
Special Report with Bret Baier	Fox News	0.29	3.14
NHL: Canadiens v. Flyers	NBCSN	0.27	0.75
2020 Democratic National Convention	Fox News	0.27	2.16
Guy's Grocery Games	Food	0.26	0.92
The Five	Fox News	0.25	3.34
WWE NXT	Fox News	0.24	0.85
Dodgeball Thunderdome	Discovery	0.23	0.80
Guy's Grocery Games	Food	0.23	0.74

Highlights Below the Chart:
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.21	0.51
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	TBS	0.19	0.57
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.19	2.15
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.19	1.49
Growing Belushi	Discovery	0.17	0.65
The Situation Room	CNN	0.17	1.32
Corporate	Comedy Central	0.13	0.24
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.12	2.00
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.11	1.42
MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle	MSNBC	0.11	1.33

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
America’s Choice 2020 (10pm)	CNN	1.41	1.07	0.76	5.828
America’s Choice 2020 (8:56pm)	CNN	1.12	0.81	0.57	4.880
MSNBC Special Coverage	MSNBC	1.00	0.69	0.33	6.187
Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX News	0.64	0.41	0.25	3.940
Hannity	FOX News	0.58	0.39	0.28	3.648
America’s Choice 2020 (8pm)	CNN	0.53	0.34	0.19	2.583
The Ingraham Angle (11:23pm)	FOX News	0.44	0.30	0.17	2.285
FNC Democracy 2020: DNC Convention	FOX News	0.40	0.27	0.19	2.160
The Story	FOX News	0.34	0.22	0.12	2.174
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.31	0.19	0.10	1.493
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.30	0.19	0.09	2.154