Anybody know what the total viewership of the SOTU was?
President Trump’s address and the Democratic response averaged 33.67 million viewers from 9 to 10:30 p.m. ET on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC and cable news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.
Viewing on PBS, Univision, Telemundo, Fox Business and CNNe raised the total to 37.17 million, according to Nielsen figures. That’s down about 21 percent from the total of 46.79 million in 2019.
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Tuesday’s year-to-year decline for the State of the Union follows a pattern similar to that of previous administrations. The audience for the speeches from Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton in the final year of their first terms fell by an average of 15 percent vs. the prior year.
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The Democratic response drew a combined 24.15 million viewers from 10:30 to 10:45 p.m. on the three cable news nets, ABC, CBS and NBC (figures for the Fox broadcast network weren’t available). Fox News maintained its lead with 7.94 million viewers, and CNN (2.92 million) and MSNBC (2.85 million).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/state-union-tv-ratings-tuesday-feb-4-2020-1276465