24.7M Watch Obama’s Prime Time Health Care Press Conference

Nielsen Wire — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:32:26 +0000

Draws 4.1 Million Fewer Viewers Than Third Press Conference

In a continued push for congressional support of health care reform President Obama held his fourth prime time press conference on Wednesday July 22, 2009. The conference was carried live from 8:00PM to approximately 9:00PM on 11 networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was 24,682,519 viewers and had a combined household rating of 16.3. The networks carrying the press conference were ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision*, Telemundo*, BBC-A, BET, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, and MSNBC.

Viewing to last night’s press conference was down 14% from his April 29 press conference and down 50% from his first primetime conference on February 9.

Obama’s 100 Days Press Conference Draws 28.8M Viewers

Nielsen Press — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:51:46 +0000

Last night’s primetime press conference to mark Barack Obama’s 100^th day in office was viewed by 28.8 million people in the U.S., according to The Nielsen Company. The event pulled an 18.8 household rating on 10 TV networks.

Viewership for the presser was 29% less than the President’s last press conference on March 24, which was seen on 11 networks. President Obama’s first primetime press conference was watched by 49.5 million U.S. viewers on eight networks.

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PRIMETIME PRESS CONFERENCE RATINGS

DATE	# OF NETWORKS	HH RATING	HH SHARE	# OF VIEWERS P2+ (in millions)
4/29/2009	10	18.8	27	28.8
3/24/2009	11	25.9	45	40.4
2/9/2009	8	30.8	47	49.5
source: The Nielsen Company, 2009

Networks airing last night’s press conference from 8pm to 9pm ET included ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC, and MUN2. Telemundo aired the press conference on a tape delay at 11:35pm ET.

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24.7M Watch Obama’s Prime Time Health Care Press Conference

Obama’s 100 Days Press Conference Draws 28.8M Viewers