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would there be anywhere to see how many people watched this jerk last night? I'm curious.
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Viewership Ratings of the SOTU (Original Post)
bdamomma
Jan 2018
OP
I did actually post an OP right after this but you know how fast stuff rolls off the DU front page
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2018
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BumRushDaShow
(128,730 posts)1. Found this (although there will probably be more details later)
January 31, 2018 6:31am PT by Michael O'Connell
TV Ratings: Trump's First SOTU Dips From 2017 Speech in Early Numbers
Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union on Tuesday night, his second formal address since taking office, and the presidential spiel naturally dominated evening ratings though it seems to be off some from his first go in the House chamber in 2017.
Early returns, based on Nielsen's 56 metered markets, have the hour-plus speech pulling a combined 14.8 overnight rating among households on the broadcast networks. That's between 9 and 10:30 p.m., and only counts for four of the seven major networks bng the speech. Compared to the same stats for the same networks a year ago, that's off roughly 9 percent from his 2017 speech. (Trump's 2017 address pulled a combined 16 overnight rating among metered market households, ultimately earning 48 million viewers with all networks tallied.)
Trump's speech ran longer than usual for a SOTU, an hour and twenty minutes. And, going off of these very early numbers, his speech will likely fall shy of both his performance in 2017 and Barack Obama's first SOTU in office in 2010.
For a presidency, addresses tend to start high (of late, with an unofficial speech weeks into office) and steadily lose steam with obvious exceptions in times of war or uncertainty. Obama kicked off the first of his eight addresses in the House chamber with 52.4 million viewers in 2009. That was followed by modest drop, in 2010, to 48 million viewers. Over the course of the Obama presidency, tune-in gradually declined roughly 20 million viewers to a low for his last address: 31.3 million in 2016.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-trumps-first-sotu-dips-2017-speech-early-numbers-1080436
TV Ratings: Trump's First SOTU Dips From 2017 Speech in Early Numbers
Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union on Tuesday night, his second formal address since taking office, and the presidential spiel naturally dominated evening ratings though it seems to be off some from his first go in the House chamber in 2017.
Early returns, based on Nielsen's 56 metered markets, have the hour-plus speech pulling a combined 14.8 overnight rating among households on the broadcast networks. That's between 9 and 10:30 p.m., and only counts for four of the seven major networks bng the speech. Compared to the same stats for the same networks a year ago, that's off roughly 9 percent from his 2017 speech. (Trump's 2017 address pulled a combined 16 overnight rating among metered market households, ultimately earning 48 million viewers with all networks tallied.)
Trump's speech ran longer than usual for a SOTU, an hour and twenty minutes. And, going off of these very early numbers, his speech will likely fall shy of both his performance in 2017 and Barack Obama's first SOTU in office in 2010.
For a presidency, addresses tend to start high (of late, with an unofficial speech weeks into office) and steadily lose steam with obvious exceptions in times of war or uncertainty. Obama kicked off the first of his eight addresses in the House chamber with 52.4 million viewers in 2009. That was followed by modest drop, in 2010, to 48 million viewers. Over the course of the Obama presidency, tune-in gradually declined roughly 20 million viewers to a low for his last address: 31.3 million in 2016.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-trumps-first-sotu-dips-2017-speech-early-numbers-1080436
spooky3
(34,426 posts)2. Please make this an OP!
BumRushDaShow
(128,730 posts)3. Ha!
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)4. I just posted the relevant OP
BumRushDaShow
(128,730 posts)8. I did actually post an OP right after this but you know how fast stuff rolls off the DU front page
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)7. Oh God... he rambled?
Did anyone walk out?
Did anyone even clap?
Didn't watch it, obviously, but still curious on a few points.
I guess no one lobbed tomatoes and eggs at him.
BumRushDaShow
(128,730 posts)9. I was crocheting an afghan in another part of the room from the TV
but had the TV on CSPAN with my back to it and the sound down low (although I could just barely hear it).
I forgot which pundit or Democratic rep. said it per a NYT article I saw today, but agreed that it was "lumbering".
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. Highest. Neilsen. Ratings. Ever.
At least, that's what Soapy Sarah will say, and who will say it's not true?
nolabear
(41,959 posts)6. Bwahahahaaaa! K&R!
Way to not go!