January 25, 2012
On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. The address was carried live from 9:00PM to approximately 10:15 PM on 14 networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was 37,752,613 viewers, with a combined household rating of 24.0. The networks carrying the address were ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, GALA, MSNBC, MUN2 and on tape delay on TEL, TF and UNI.
| Networks | Combined Household Rating | Combined Household Share | Number of Households | Number of Persons 2+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, TF, UNI, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, GALA, MSNBC and MUN2 | 24.0 | 38 | 27,569,423 | 37,752,613 | |
| Source: Nielsen | |||||
| Subject | Date | # of Networks | Combined Household Rating | Combined Household Share | Number of Households | Number of Persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obama – State of the Union | 1/25/11 | 11 | 26.6 | 41 | 30,871,688 | 42,789,947 |
| Obama – State of the Union | 1/27/10 | 11 | 29.8 | 45 | 34,182,725 | 48,009,595 |
| Obama – “Address to the Joint Sessions of Congress” | 2/24/09 | 10 | 32.5 | 49 | 37,185,000 | 52,373,000 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||||||
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