December 2, 2009 One Comment
President Obama made his seventh prime time appearance this year to announce a strategy for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. The speech was carried live on Tuesday December 1, 2009 from 8:00PM to approximately 8:36PM on 10 television networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was40,767,134 viewers and had a combined household rating of 25.9. The networks carrying the speech were ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Univision, Telemundo, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, and MSNBC.
Viewership to last night’s speech was up 27% from President Obama’s last prime time appearance where he addressed a joint session of Congress on September 9.
| Tuesday December 1, 2009 | Combined Household Rating | Combined Household Share | Number of Households | Number of Persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Univision, Telemundo, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel and MSNBC | 25.9 | 44 | 29,806,000 | 40,767,134 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||
Here are ratings for President Obama’s previous prime time speeches and press conferences this year:
| Subject | Date | Number of Networks | Household Rating | Household Share | Number of Households | Number of Persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address to a Joint Session of Congress: Health Care Reform^ | 09/09/09 | 11 | 20.6 | 35 | 23,607,629 | 32,111,596 |
| Health Care Reform^^ | 07/22/09 | 11 | 16.3 | 32 | 18,674,361 | 24,682,519 |
| 100th Day in Office^^ | 04/29/09 | 10 | 18.8 | 27 | 21,408,000 | 28,811,000 |
| Economic Recovery^^ | 03/24/09 | 11 | 25.9 | 45 | 29,799,000 | 40,354,000 |
| Address to a Joint Session of Congress: Health Care Reform^ | 02/24/09 | 10 | 35.2 | 49 | 37,185,000 | 52,373,000 |
| Stimulus Plan^^ | 02/09/09 | 8 | 30.8 | 47 | 35,311,433 | 49,455,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
