Fox News dominated the weekly cable primetime and total day charts, led by its coverage of President Biden’s Feb. 7 State of The Union address. Fox News averaged 2.5 million viewers during the week of Feb. 6-12, easily besting second place MSNBC’s 1.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen. Fox News’ State of the Union address coverage averaged 4.7 million viewers, topping all broadcast and cable networks.
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address drew an estimated 27.3 million viewers, a drop of 29% from last year, according to Nielsen measurements of 16 TV networks released Wednesday. That figure is the lowest audience for a SOTU in at least 30 years, according to Nielsen records. Fox News topped coverage with an average of 4.69 million viewers, followed by ABC with 4.4 million, NBC with 3.8 million, CBS with 3.64 million, MSNBC with 3.6 million, CNN with 2.4 million and Fox Broadcasting with 1.66 million.
The State of the Union is typically a US president’s most-watched speech of the year. So Tuesday night is a big stage for President Trump. And I’m wondering: Are the networks and their fact-checking teams up to the task?
Trump’s First SOTU Down From 2017 Address
Viewership of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address is down slightly in the early Nielsen ratings compared to his first televised address to Congress last February. In metered market households, Trump’s speech drew a 4.4 rating on NBC, a 4.3 on CBS, a 3.5 on ABC, and a 2.6 on Fox for a combined 14.8. Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress in February last year drew a 16 rating in metered market households on broadcast.
Exclusives
President Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. Broadcast, cable and streaming networks will give it plenty of coverage.
Jake Tapper starts hosting CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. It airs at 9 a.m. ET and is repeated three hours later. He replaces Candy Crowley. He says he hopes to attract viewers who want a little more depth to their political interviews.
The former ABC newsman, who hosts a weekday afternoon program on CNN, replaces Candy Crowley on the cable network’s State of the Union. She left CNN in December and a rotating series of substitutes has been filling in ever since.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address drew the second-lowest television viewership in 15 years. According to Nielsen data, 31.7 million viewers watched Tuesday night’s prime-time […]
According to Nielsen, 13 networks carried President Obama’s speech live. CBS was the most-watched broadcast network with an average 7.6 million viewers, followed by NBC with 7 million and ABC with 5.6 million. On cable, Fox News Channel was the leader with 4.7 million viewers. MSNBC averaged 2.3 million, while CNN had 2.1 million.
The State of the Union address Tuesday night was seen by 37.8 million television viewers, according to Nielsen figures, by far the fewest who have watched President Obama give the address. The number was down from 42.8 million last year, 48 million in 2010, and 52.3 million for the president’s address to Congress during his first year in office in 2009.
The Commander-in-Chief’s third address has cable and network news outlets planning comprehensive coverage for the Tuesday night broadcast.
Nielsen says 42.8 million people watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. That’s down 11% from the 48 million people who watched Obama’s annual speech to Congress and the American people in January 2010. Nielsen said Wednesday that Obama’s speech was carried on 11 different networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, Univision and Centric.
Nielsen says 42.8 million people watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. That’s down 11% from the 48 million people who watched Obama’s annual speech to Congress and the American people in January 2010. Nielsen said Wednesday that Obama’s speech was carried on 11 different networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, Univision and Centric.
