Black GQ Politics: Obama Infomercial

Obama: 'American Stories, American Solutions'



The ratings are in and it is an amazing 26.4 million.

The Obama-mercial was fairly highly rated across the three broadcast networks (CBS, Fox and NBC) in the early metered market numbers. Between the three networks it scored an impressive combined 17.8/29 (household rating/share).

If ABC truly hoped that by being only scripted programming on broadcast for 8:00pm-8:30p, it would help out Pushing Daisies, that plan went awry. My guess is ABC was more likely just looking to burn off an episode. Daisies scored a 4.2/7, pretty much the identical rating it had a week ago up (4.2/6).

Let's compare Obama's rating to last week's Nielsen Ratings:

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

1. (1) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 19.49 million viewers.
2. (2) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 18.5 million viewers.
3. (3) "NCIS," CBS, 17.23 million viewers.
4. (7) "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 16.35 million viewers.
5. (4) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 15.95 million viewers.
6. (X) World Series Game 4: Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, Fox, 15.48 million viewers.
7. (9) "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.28 million viewers.
8. (7) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 15.01 million viewers.
9. (X) World Series Game 1: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, Fox, 14.634 million viewers.
10. (11) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.63 million viewers.
11. (4) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 14.45 million viewers.
12. (10) "CSI: NY," CBS, 14.39 million viewers.
13. (11) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 13.5 million viewers.
14. (14) "Survivor: Gabon," CBS, 13.31 million viewers.
15. (16) "The OT," Fox, 13.28 million viewers.
16. (15) "House," Fox, 13.08 million viewers.
17. (X) "World Series Game 4 Preview," Fox, 13.06 million viewers.
18. (13) "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.82 million viewers.
19. (X) World Series Game 2: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, Fox, 12.78 million viewers.
20. (16) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 12.26 million viewers.