President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.– An estimated 27.3 million people watched President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on television, the second smallest audience for the annual event in at least 30 years, the Nielsen company said on Wednesday.The only smaller audience since 1993 was the 26.
Nielsen did not have figures available from before President Bill Clinton's first address to Congress, which reached 66.9 million people in 1993, when entertainment options were fewer. Nearly three-quarters of the people who watched Biden's speech were 55 and older, Nielsen said. Only 5% were young adults under age 35.Biden's largest audience came on Fox News Channel, where the speech was seen by 4.69 million people, Nielsen said. ABC had 4.41 million viewers for Biden, NBC had 3.78 million, CBS had 3.64 million, MSNBC had 3.55 million, CNN had 2.4 million and the Fox broadcast network had 1.66 million.
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I just wanted to see a great example if gaslighting!
I don’t believe that at all!
Turning them into devisive campaign speeches has damaged the allure.
But only a handful continued to be fooled.
I wasn't one of them. He's full of 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩.
Those numbers calculated like his votes? 🤔🤔
Unfortunately, more Americans were unable to witness a strong message of how working together has provided a better future for ALL our people.
A lot more than that laughed at him around the world. It was comedy hour at its best
Pitiful, but no surprise.
Show the number from last 6 years, sad ha
Is that the record for lowest in history?
That because they needed a nap