Suspense-Less Conventions Mean Fewer Viewers, Less Airtime. Well, not exactly nobody. But if the Republicans chose the First Union Center for their 2000 national convention because it's TV-friendly, they're in for a surprise.
Viewers are captive no more.
As anyone with a remote knows, the Big 3 has become the Big 300. There hasn't been a suspenseful convention since Wagon Train. Their conventions have become coronations and pep rallies. As invested as we are in covering them as an exercise in democracy, we've had to cut back because they have so little news value. The parties have done all their political business beforehand.