Comments on: More Than 71 Million Tuned In For Election Night Coverage

By: Post Election Bits & Bytes | Tech Voice

Post Election Bits & Bytes | Tech Voice — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:34:51 +0000

[...] Ratings speak volumes though, and CNN enjoyed second place of 14 major networks covering the event with 12.3 million viewers. ABC was the victor, at just over 13 million viewers. In all, it’s estimated about 71 million viewers tuned in on Tuesday to watch the results unfold. As impressive at it sounds, it’s still over 25 million shy of this year’s past Super Bowl. Apparently the world’s couch potatoes are still more interested in the Patriots than in patriotism. (Nielsen’s complete ratings here.) [...]

By: palin2012

palin2012 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:51:57 +0000

i would have to agree with what was said earlier that fox did a poor job with the coverage. un-professional, malfunctioning technology, brit hume miss-called ohio. it was atrocious. i’m a dedicated foxnews guy, but that was embarassing.

By: So?

So? — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:11:56 +0000

Hey 400Count, it does matter that ONLY 115 million people voted.

What’s the pop of the USA/ 375 million approx.

A 28% turnout…wowie zowie.

Back to American Idol.

With over a billion votes throughout the entire season.

We must keep our priorities in order.

Super Bowl, American Idol, Gossip Girl..however I would recommend Mad Men to anyone with a brain.

By: obamadrama

obamadrama — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:42:18 +0000

We didn’t really have a choice it was on EVERY channel!

By: 71 million viewers election night « Enterprise Meal

71 million viewers election night « Enterprise Meal — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:06:24 +0000

[...] http://blog.nielsen.com/…/more-than-71-million Posted by oregniappe Filed in Links ·Tags: ABC, BBC, CNN, NBC [...]

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:02:37 +0000

I was a hard core Fox viewer but I am so disappoited in their recent coverage of this election. They are trying to hard to be one of the top 3 channels and they have lost what they started out as….an alternative for conservative viewers. They had Mr. Juan Williams crying after the winner was announced. Made me sick!
Fox needs to get back to their roots.

By: 400Count

400Count — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:57:40 +0000

Who cares about all these numbers. They don’t mean anything. Whatever network you watched, you watched. It only matters to the vain network bigwigs what the ratings are. Plus, these numbers aren’t reliable any way.

WHO CARES?

By: Higglytwon

Higglytwon — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:40:19 +0000

With close to 100 million watching the superbowl this year, this election came in a distant second for the year.

By: So?

So? — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:56:59 +0000

Funny, 45 million tuned in to see American Idol finale 2 season’s ago.

Does this say something about America?

By: MarkD

MarkD — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:09:06 +0000

I watched on current tv. best coverage of the night because they had no talking heads. just a picture of a map dancing to music with 5 news outlets election returns and headlines as reported.