The Democratic National Convention (Entertainment)

On Tuesday night, former President Bill Clinton spent more than 40 minutes, and covered four decades, attempting to humanize his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

The Democrats edged the Republicans in the convention ratings race again on Wednesday.

CNN was the most-watched network for the second night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, which is pacing well-ahead of 2012 and last week’s gathering of the Republicans.

Meryl Streep speaks at the Democratic National Convention. More coverage at latimes.com/trailguide

Actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera speak at the Democratic National Convention.

CNN had the largest prime-time audience on the first night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, but all three cable news networks saw ratings rise over 2012 levels.

There are those who believe, or claim to, that there is no difference between the two major American political parties, but no one who wandered onto the convention floors in Cleveland at the beginning of last week or Philadelphia on Monday could have mistaken one for the other.

It’s just like the old saying goes: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again — and maybe get Nancy Pelosi involved.