On September 12, 2009
Obama Healthcare Reform Speech More Popular Than “American Idol” Finale
Not that the networks will make any money off of it, but President Obama’s healthcare reform speech was a huge hit, according to Nielsen. All told, across the ten broadcast and cable networks on which the Wednesday night speech aired, 31 million Americans watched, adding up to a combined household rating of 20.4 and a share of 35. As my headline implies, that means that more Americans watched the speech — set, of course, against a highly partisan backdrop even before Rep. Joe Wilson’s infamous, um commentary — than watched the “American Idol” finale this year. That drew 28.8 million viewers, albeit on only one network. (It’s important to remember that the massive coverage of the Obama speech left fewer…
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