The A.M. Ticker: Talent, Obama, Joshi…

By Chris Ariens 

> Wednesday’s “America’s Got Talent” was the night’s most-watched show with 11.3M Total Viewers. In addition to he talent competition, Wednesday’s show included Meredith Vieira’s interview with “Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up Susan Boyle.

> Final numbers are in for Wednesday’s Obama news conference. 24.68M Total Viewers watched on 11 networks. That’s down 14% percent from the 28.81 million who watched Obama’s last newser in April, off 39% from Obama’s second news conference in March, and down 50% from his first primetime newser in February.

> FBN correspondent Shibani Joshi returned to her family’s native India to report on the economy there. For wOw, she writes, “So here’s what I’m learning: While India is certainly experiencing a slowdown in its economy – much like the rest of the world – in this country, even a slowdown means growth and people are so optimistic and entrepreneurial as a result.”

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