Donald Trump's 3rd State of the Union Address Tumbles in Broadcast TV Ratings

[Zolorp]

A Game show beat Trump's SOTU in the broadcast network ratings!

Donald Trump’s 3rd State of the Union Address Tumbles in Broadcast TV Ratings

Tony Maglio | February 5, 2020 @ 8:21 AM
Last Updated: February 5, 2020 @ 8:43 AM

Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was all anybody could talk about on Tuesday, but “Ellen’s Game of Games” showed up for NBC too.

This third SOTU from the 45th president of the United States of America is currently down 26% in Big-4 broadcast viewers from his second. According to early Nielsen returns, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox drew a combined 16 million viewers for the 2020 address. That tally is preliminary, however, and should be considered subject to (upward) adjustment.

The comparable initial tally last year was 21.6 million across those four networks.

NBC was first in ratings with a 0.9 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 4.4 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Ellen’s Game of Games” at 8 p.m. posted a 1.0/5 and 5 million viewers. At 9, the Trump address pulled in a 0.9/4 and and 4.4 million viewers.

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https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-2020-ratings/

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Watched a terrific back and forth college basketball

game between Michigan State and Penn State instead.

[gab13by13]

2. I watched The Curse of Oak Island.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Watched some classic WWII documentaries from my home collection...nt

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Didn't watch the SOTU, never will, while the worthless idiot w/ the orange face and campy ...

hair is still there in office.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Netflix for me

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I hope that really fries his big orange ass.

Hardly anything matters more to His Lardship than TV ratings.

[gratuitous]

14. That is very true

If you're interacting with any of Trump's trollbots today, be sure to mention that his ratings were down last night.

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. Some "reality" shows just get old over time.

[Greybnk48]

9. I was on Netflix, but did tune in to see

the porno queen pull a medal out of her ass and put in on a hate radio disc jockey/drug addict/pedophile's neck at the behest of a game show host/drug addict. I thought i was watching the fucking Twilight Zone!

Oh, and I saw Nancy Pelosi tear up blubbo's list of lies, which for me was the highlight of the evening! That picture is now my profile pic on FB. LOVE YA NANCY!

[Vinca]

10. I was planning to watch just for the comedy of it all, but I couldn't get past the opening

chants of "4 more years." Now I wish I'd stuck it out to watch Nancy destroy his bloody "speech."

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Same here,

had to go to the Recorded Movies for Mental health stability.

[Roland99]

12. State Of The Union Ratings Crash In Early Results

State Of The Union Ratings Crash In Early Results As Donald Trump Takes The Leash Off & Nancy Pelosi Rips It Up
https://deadline.com/2020/02/state-of-the-union-ratings-down-donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-impeachment-iowa-tv-1202851993/

With non-adjusted fast affiliate results just in, the 2020 SOTU pulled in a mere 15.9 million viewers on the Big 4 networks in the 9 – 10:30 PM ET slot. That’s a dive of 21% from the early numbers of the 82-minute 2019 SOTU, when the drama in and out of the House chamber seemed relatively milder, if you can believe that in this era.

Overall, CBS was tops last night among the broadcasters with 4.6 million viewers. With everyone tumbling from 2018, last year’s number #1, NBC brought in 4.4 million viewers, ABC had 3.6 million and FOX drew 3.4 million. Focusing a little tighter on who was really watching, NBC and FOX were tied among adults 18-49 with a 0.9 rating each. That’s a hard drop of 36% and 18% respectively for the networks in the key demo from the 2019 SOTU

Jumping by a million viewers over the final numbers of the 2018 occasion, last year’s SOTU eventually ended up with just an audience of just under 47 million across a dozen networks carrying the speech live on February 5, 2019. Throwing some chatty trivia in the mix, Bill Clinton’s January 19, 1999 SOTU address, which came less than a month before the 42nd POTUS was acquitted in his own impeachment, scored an audience of 43.5 million over ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC.

[uponit7771]

13. Americans don't like Trump, the Russians love him

[duforsure]

15. Just more indications

Trump support is falling downward very fast now. He's got no where to go now but down, and when more gets exposed , and it will , his strongest supporters will be running too. The truth will come out he's a criminal, broke, and has a career of criminal activities. He hates that justice is catching up to him.

[Roland99]

16. We still need to G O T V !!!