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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNielsen: Trump's 1st primetime interview had less than half the audience that Obama got
Wonder how fast the ratings-obsessed Troll-in-Chief will start spinning this. This ratings loss has to be killing him, since he tweeted about the interview in advance, advertising it.
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/president-trump-abc-interview-ratings-1201970573/
Obamas first primetime interview as opposed to a televised press conference or late-night talk show appearance on March 22, 2009 notched a 3.9 rating in the 18-49 demo and drew a total audience of 17.04 million. Now, circumstances for Obamas first primetime interview were a little different: His interview was with CBS 60 Minutes and the episode aired after CBS March Madness coverage, giving it a solid lead-in (that it built on considerably). For a more modern comparison, President Trumps interview on Wednesday garnered about the same preliminary rating as that of Tuesdays Chicago Fire episode that aired in the same 10 p.m. hour.
malaise
(268,930 posts)Expect a tweet
MaeScott
(878 posts)Here comes the backlash of Trump on Twitter. Lying Neilson ratings, crooked MSM, etc. Any time that his ego takes a hit, he makes the subject his priority. Toddler tantrum in 3-2-1.
hwmnbn
(4,279 posts)BTW, welcome to DU!!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)The remote control batteries on half of America's TV all died and they were unable to flip to the channel in time.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Snark.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)underpants
(182,772 posts)Spicer out.
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)Easily another 10 million viewers.
underpants
(182,772 posts)Spicer out
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)"Did i say 10 million? I meant 20!"
Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)highplainsdem
(48,968 posts)O'Reilly also interviewed President Obama twice before the Superbowl, in 2011 and 2014.
http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/23/bill-oreilly-will-interview-obama-during-super-bowl-pregame/
Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)...and be so much more fun to ridicule
Buns_of_Fire
(17,174 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)Expect a Twitterstorm in 3...2....1....
susanna
(5,231 posts)dalton99a
(81,451 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)Read the transcript. Bad enough