Posted by
Gabrielle Cusumano on Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:26:07 PM
FOX, the only one of the Big Four networks that did not carry Pres. Obama's news conference last night, finished first in the 8PM EDT hour with a new episode of "Lie to Me." The drama averaged 7.9 million Total Viewers, according to Nielsen overnights.
Thursday, Apr 30
Just In: FOX, the only one of the Big Four networks that did not carry Pres. Obama's news conference last night, finished first in the 8pmET hour with a new episode of "Lie to Me." The drama averaged 7.9 million Total Viewers, according to Nielsen overnights.
NBC's coverage of the Obama newser came in second with 6.7 million Total Viewers.
Overall, Obama's news conference was seen by nearly 19 million viewers across NBC, ABC, CBS according to the early numbers. (Reminder: fast nationals measure only timeslot and not actual program data).
Final ratings will be released later today. More at:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/politics/lie_to_me_tops_obama_news_conference_115408.asp?c=rss
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 34% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-two percent (32%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +2...
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll