President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. The address was carried live from 9:00PM to approximately 10:15 PM on 14 networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was 37,752,613 viewers, with a combined household rating of 24.0. The networks carrying the address were ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, GALA, MSNBC, MUN2 and on tape delay on TEL, TF and UNI.
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On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. The address was carried live from 9:00PM to approximately 10:15 PM on 14 networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was 37,752,613 viewers, with a combined household rating of 24.0. The networks carrying the address were ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, GALA, MSNBC, MUN2 and on tape delay on TEL, TF and UNI.
State of the Union, January 24, 2012 Networks Combined Household Rating Combined Household Share Number of Households Number of Persons 2+ ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, TF, UNI, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, GALA, MSNBC and MUN2 24.0 38 27,569,423 37,752,613 Source: Nielsen
Major Addresses to Congress, 2009-2011 Subject Date # of Networks Combined Household Rating Combined Household Share Number of Households Number of Persons Obama – State of the Union 1/25/11 11 26.6 41 30,871,688 42,789,947 Obama – State of the Union 1/27/10 11 29.8 45 34,182,725 48,009,595 Obama – “Address to the Joint Sessions of Congress” 2/24/09 10 32.5 49 37,185,000 52,373,000 Source: Nielsen
