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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Obama's final State of the Union address draws record-low TV audience

President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address drew 31.3 million viewers across 12 networks, marking a new record low in viewership, according to Nielsen.

More than 21 million people watched on the "big four" broadcast networks. CBS led the broadcasters with 6.89 million viewers, followed by NBC with 6.62 million viewers, ABC with 5.02 million viewers, and Fox with 2.37 million.

On cable news, more than 9.5 million people tuned into the “big three” of Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, on average. Fox News, CNN and MSNBC were all up compared to last year’s address, with CNN averaging 3.49 million viewers, Fox News 3.47 million viewers, and MSNBC 2.52 million viewers. In the core adults 25-54 demo, CNN led cable news with 1.30 million viewers, Fox News with 753,000 viewers, and MSNBC with 604,000 viewers.

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10 comments:

Thornton Crowe said...

He's about to retire into the Where are they now file.

Anonymous said...

No comment. I didn't watch.

Anonymous said...

I cannot watch or listen to the liar in chief.

Anonymous said...

He's become total b s

Anonymous said...

i didn't watch it

Anonymous said...

Is that the bomb boy clapping for him in the picture?

Anonymous said...

What a waste of air time.

Anonymous said...

Obamas last speech was more like a "story time"

Anonymous said...

Obama's speech supports the idea that he needs mental help.

KBinLA said...

Remember the fable, "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf"?
This is the end of the story., the part where we don't believe him.