The DNC outperformed the RNC — which featured fading stars like Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan — in terms of viewers, earning nearly 3 million more viewers on average.
While he presumably wouldn’t have minded snagging Beyoncé, Kirshner says the premise begged a deeper question.
“But come on, we have the biggest star, the Democratic nominee for president. Why would we overshadow that?” he told THR.
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