33.6 Million Watch Obama on Broadcast Nets

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Across the Big Four networks, President Obama's speech averaged 33.6 million Total Viewers from 9 to 10pm, according to Nielsen overnight ratings.

Most viewers, 10.5 million, watched on CBS. CBS' coverage got an assist from the lead-in of "NCIS" which drew nearly 18 million viewers. NBC was second with 10.2 million, followed by ABC with 8.4 million and Fox with 4.6 million.

In households, NBC won the 9pm hour as well as the 10pm hour which included the final minutes of Obama's speech, analysis led by Brian Williams, Gov. Bobby Jindal's response and, from about 10:37-11, a repeat of "The Office".

8-11pmET (prime time):

Total Viewers / A25-54 demo

FNC: 4,387,000 / 1,230,000

CNN: 3,306,000 / 1,170,000

MSNBC: 2,277,000 / 817,000

• Obama address only (end time: 10:09pmET):

Total Viewers / A25-54 demo

CNN (9:15 start): 5,050,000 / 1,852,000

FNC (9:17 start): 5,015,000 / 1,571,000

MSNBC (9:10 start): 2,750,000 / 1,013,000

• 9-11pmET (address, GOP response, special coverage):

Total Viewers / A25-54 demo

FNC: 4,598,000 / 1,385,000

CNN: 4,245,000 / 1,531,000

MSNBC: 2,701,000 / 988,000

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

[BlooInBloo]

1. Niiice.

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2. Almost 45,000,000 households, that is a LOT of households

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3. I make that 11% of the U.S. population.

But I used the 33.6 million figure. What was the actual number of persons viewing?

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4. They didn't mention it in the article.

I added the cable networks to the total.

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5. Obama’s Speech: 52 Million-Plus TV Viewers

Obama’s Speech: 52 Million-Plus TV Viewers
By Brian Stelter
More than 52 million people watched President Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress in prime time on Tuesday, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The TV audience, pegged at 52.4 million by Nielsen, does not include out-of-home or online viewers. Nielsen said the address, which was broadcast roughly between 9 and 10:30 p.m., averaged a 49 share across 10 networks, which means that almost half of the people watching TV at the time were watching Mr. Obama’s speech.

The sizable audience for Tuesday’s address is the latest in a series of Nielsen indications that the nation is paying close attention to the new president. Mr. Obama’s first prime-time news conference on Feb. 9 drew an average of 49.5 million viewers on eight networks.

George W. Bush’s first address before Congress, in Feb. 2001, reached an average audience of 39.8 million viewers.


Online, a C-SPAN video of Mr. Obama’s address has been viewed more than 150,000 times on YouTube. The Republican response, delivered by Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, has been viewed more than 75,000 times.

Another comparison: Mr. Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco stadium during the Democratic National Convention broke records for a convention speech at 38 million. The numbers were about the same for the inaugural address, although some considered those deflated because it occurred during an afternoon when people were at school and at work, and not in prime time.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/obamas-speech-52-million-plus-tv-viewers/

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6. averaged a 49 share across 10 networks

Holy shit, most of us who voted for him were watching, amazing. And the Gramps supporters (no pun intended but it is funny) were watching bupkis.

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7. I'm pretty sure that the viewers WORLDWIDE were more than Dim-Son ever got

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and turned off the tube with a GOOD feeling

something Dim-Son can't claim

just my Canuk's thots