Monday's coverage of the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on the six commercial networks that carried it live -- ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News Channel and MSNBC - attracted fewer
viewers than the opening night of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, according to estimates released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The average number of persons 2-plus tuning in fell to
18.5 million from 20.1 million in 2000.
