FOX Top Network, Followed by Other Stations That Carried Obama’s 100-Day Press Conference
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on April 30, 2009
By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone
“Lie to Me” Tops Obama News Conference
FOX, the only one of the Big Four networks that did not carry Pres. Obama’s news conference last night, finished first in the 8pm ET hour with a new episode of Lie to Me. The drama averaged 7.9 million total viewers, according to Nielsen overnights.
NBC’s coverage of the Obama newser came in second with 6.7 million Total Viewers.
Overall, Obama’s news conference was seen by nearly 19 million viewers across NBC, ABC, CBS according to the early numbers. (Reminder: fast nationals measure only time slot and not actual program data). Final ratings will be released later today.
UPDATE: May 1, 2009
Obama’s ratings slide: press conference down 29%
Audience interest in Barack Obama’s news conferences seems to be falling, with Wednesday’s press event drawing the president’s smallest primetime audience since his inauguration.
The telecast to mark Obama’s 100th day in office was viewed by 28.8 million people, according to Nielsen. That’s a 29% drop from the president’s last press conference, on March 24, and a 42% fall since his first, on Feb. 9.
Ten networks carried the telecast, which is one less than last time since Fox elected to run its detective drama Lie to Me (7.8 million, 2.3 national adults 18-49 rating) instead. Airing its regular entertainment programming saved Fox ad dollars but didn’t help the show much. Lie pulled the same rating it did last week. Yet, like last week, it won the 8 p.m. hour.
Here’s the president’s last three primetime news events:
Feb: 9: 49.5 million
March 24: 40.4 million
April 29: 28.8 million
Not much else to report. “The Obama Show” is becoming “The O-Boring Show.” He’s on the tube more often than Lindsey Lohan bemoaning on TMZ how hard it is to be famous / irresponsible / sexually confused / a has-been. FOX has wised up… the other networks are losing serious money but are still happily leaning over the “Obama Adoration Drool Bucket.”
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