33.5 Mil. Watched Obama's Ad, per Nielsen

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NEW YORK Sen. Barack Obama’s infomercial drew 33.5 million U.S. viewers Wednesday night, according to data compiled by Nielsen.

The simulcast — the first of its kind since Ross Perot ran a political telecast on the eve of Election Day in 1996 — aired on CBS, Fox, NBC, Univision, BET, MSNBC and TV One between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (Perot’s telecast drew almost 22.7 million viewers.)

On an average Wednesday night, these networks draw a combined average of 30.3

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