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More than 48 million people (48,009,595) tuned in to watch President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address Wednesday night (Jan. 27), Nielsen reported.
The live broadcast aired 9 p.m. to about 10:20 p.m. and was carried by 11 networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, BET, CNBC, Fox News Channel and MSNBC.
Viewership to Obama’s address was 7 percent less than President George W. Bush’s first State of the Union on Jan.
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