Last night’s (Tuesday, January 25, 2011) State of the Union address from President Obama drew 42,789,947 viewers live from approximately 9:00PM-10:15PM. The address was rated across 11 networks: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, Centric, CNBC, FOXNC and MSNBC.
Compared to the President’s State of the Union address last year — 48,009,595 viewers — the address was down 11% in total viewers.
Source: Nielsen