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State of the Union: Ratings Gold
January 25, 2007
For one night, the President of the United States drew more TV viewers than ''American Idol.'' And that, actually, has us feeling pretty good .
An estimated 45.5 million people watched the president deliver his State of the Union speech before Congress Tuesday night, according to Nielsen Media Research. The speech was televised on nine different TV networks.
The Fox network's ''American Idol,'' which aired right before the president in most of the country, was seen by 32.6 million people.
President Bush’s speech was seen by 9 percent more people than his speech last year. ''American Idol'' viewership was up 8 percent over its pre-State of the Union broadcast last year.
More people watched the President speak on NBC, with 9.33 million viewers. Fox had 8.4 million, CBS 8 million and ABC 7 million, Nielsen said. On cable, Fox News Channel's coverage of the speech was seen by 4.6 million people, CNN had 2.4 million and MSNBC had 1.6 million.
We may be a notoriously divided country, but at least we're engaging in the process more than ever, and that can only mean good news.
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Comments
Jessica Casabian wrote:
His speech was nauseating, I had to turn it off because I wanted to throw up. Most of us believe he is trying to escalate troops in Iraq for pesonal reasons, he is in the oil business. We don't feel it's our responsibility to renovate Iraq, he started it, he should be the one to get his friends together and let them finish it.
posted at January 27, 2007 08:04 AM
BushRulesAgain! wrote:
Were trying to finish it Jessica,JESSICA! And whats with that name, Casabian? Sounds Arab-hey, you one of them there terrorists? Probably, and you probaly liked Happy Hour too! Lets kick some ass over there, and we'll be done WHEN WERE DONE not a second sooner, a duh! W RULES shrillary drools!
posted at January 28, 2007 11:23 PM
President Bush wrote:
Get the fuck out of my country you treasonous bitch. Why don't you go over and drown in a pool of oil you bitch. You are nothing but a terrorist loving mother fucken liberal scumbag. So fuck off before I ship your ass to Gitmo with your buddies.
posted at January 29, 2007 08:47 AM
Jonathan wrote:
I think it's important to note that the speech was televised on multiple stations and networks, pre-empting practically everything else that people watch at those hours. Personally, I question whether people were actually watching the State of the Union Address or just gave up finding something to watch, left the television on in the background, and moved on to other activities. Regardless of what your political affiliation or opinions are about the state of our country, it's not THAT irrational to think this could have been the case. Just a thought.
posted at January 30, 2007 08:59 AM
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