[drjimmy]

I'll admit that during some of the extended applause, I switched quickly to ESPN to make sure that Wake Forest was still beating Duke.

[Huck]

Was Idol on last night? I didn't watch either. Well, ok, I watched about 5 minutes of the president. But with all the applause lines and such, it seemed a waste of time. What's the point? I can read the speech later, and we already knew what policy positions he would take. That was my thought, anyway. I heard this morning on the radio that a poll says 8 out of 10 who watched approved. I guess only 50% of the dems watched.

[RicocheT]

In the central time zone, Idol ended before the President's speech began. Many then switched from Fox TV to Fox Cable as Fox Cable is more news oriented.

[Drango]

We saw both fine here on the west coast.

[Vision]

They missed out, it was a fantastic, historical speech. Bush at this best defining where the country is going.

[COUNTrecount]

Big audience for "Idol" here.

[IrishGOP]

This is shocking to Drudge, for what reason?

[Richard Kimball]

I'd like to see the total numbers. I absolutely will not watch network coverage if it's available on Fox or CSpan. Also remember that Fox beat all the networks in ratings during the Republican Convention, and performed on a par with them during the Rat convention.

I think this is a manufactured story. AmIdol was carried on one channel, SOTU on probably eleven or twelve.

[TheBigB]

I'll sheepishly admit that I was very glad I was able to see last night's SMALLVILLE too. :^)

[Polybius]

One hour of IDOL on one network pulled a higher ratings average than 2 hours of STATE OF THE UNION -- on three networks! ............. STATE OF THE UNION TOTAL BROADCAST NETWORK AVG [9-11 PM ET]

The key word is "Broadcast".

How many watched it on cable networks?

The Broadcast Networks are dying dinosaurs.

[Soul Seeker]

Umm...Drudge?

I was watching C-Span and at times FOX.

[Republican Red]

This is a bit misleading. Idol was on 8:00 pm est. The SOTU was on at 9:00.

They were not in direct competition. Idol got more ratings in its time period than the SOTU got in it's time period.

[love n hate tattoo]

This hardly warrents a "Drudge Siren". I think if you are going to make this comparison, you also need to add in the cable nets as well. I'd be willing to bet Foxnews beat out abc/cbs/nbc combined.

[Gypssy]

This deserves the Blue Light Special? hahaha

[Clint N. Suhks]

The U.S TV audience would rather watch freaks sing out of tune than President Bush and Democrats wax politics

That simply shows the red/blue state divide. Apparently Idol transcends partisanship yet out lasts the average liberal's attention span.

[nutmeg]

Am I the only person in the U.S. who has never watched American Idol, nor cares if I ever see it?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Misleading headline, to come up with those numbers they had to include the hour after the President had finished speaking, when the numbers had dropped.

Here's the fine print:

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3ai.htm

[AnnaZ]

Here in L.A. one could watch both without conflict. SOTU was at 6, AI at 8.

 

What time is AI on on the east coast? 9?

[aShepard]

Totally Disgusting.

Our young men are killing and being killed by terrorists, and more Americans don't give a sh!t, and eat their pablum watching American Idol.

Totally disgusting!