Most-watched convention speech. Ever.
James Hibberd is reporting that a cumulative 27.7 38.4 million saw Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. Michael Phelps-ian in the aggregate. Obviously there’s not always an advantage to reporting numbers early, but TVbytheNumbers was out to lunch (literally). You can see the updated details here.
The AP said 38 million. And the Nielson blog said:
“Day four of the Democratic National Convention featured the acceptance speech by nominee Sen. Barack Obama. The convention was carried live during prime time on ten networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, BET, TV One, Univision and Telemundo. Coverage varied by network, all ten aired live coverage from approximately 10-11PM (ET). The final night drew the largest audience so far for the Democrats (24.5% of all American homes), eclipsing the audience reach the three previous evenings.”
“The speech by Sen. Obama was the fifth most-viewed, non-sports program among African American households in the last 11 years.”
Huge number,, way better than i expected. Any idea what the cumulative number for the State of the Union adress is?