On Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 President Barack Obama delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term in office. The address was carried live from approximately 9:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on 15 networks and tape delayed on Univision. The sum of the average audience for those networks was 33.5 million viewers with a combined household rating of 21.8. The networks carrying the address were FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Azteca, Univision, MundoFox, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Current, Centric and Galavision.
| Networks | Combined Household Ratings | No. of Households | No. of Viewers (P2+) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Azteca, UNI, MFX, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Current, Centric, GALA | 21.8 | 24,767,047 | 33,497,607 | |||
| Source: Nielsen | ||||||
Below is a historical look at past State of the Union addresses.
| Date | Networks | HH Rating | No. HH | No. of Viewers | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2012 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, TF, UNI, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, GALA, MSNBC and MUN2 | 24.0 | 27,569,423 | 37,752,613 | Obama | |
| 1/25/2011 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, Centric, CNBC, FOXNC, and MSNBC | 26.6 | 30,871,688 | 42,789,947 | Obama | |
| 1/27/2010 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, BET, CNBC, FOXNC, MSNBC | 29.8 | 34,182,725 | 48,009,595 | Obama | |
| 2/24/2009* | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC, TELEMUNDO, UNIVISION | 32.5 | 37,185,000 | 52,373,000 | Obama | |
| 1/28/2008 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC, TELEMUNDO^, UNIVISION | 24.7 | 27,702,000 | 37,515,000 | G.W Bush | |
| 1/23/2007 | ABC, CBS, FOX**, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC, TELEMUNDO**, UNIVISION ** | 29.6 | 32,968,000 | 45,486,000 | G.W. Bush | |
| 1/31/2006 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC | 26.9 | 29,578,000 | 41,699,000 | G.W. Bush | |
| 1/31/2006 | TELEMUNDO, AZTECA AMERICA, TELFUTURA, TELEMUNDO | 8.4 | 950,000 | 1,480,000 | G.W. Bush | |
| 2/2/2005 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC | 25.2 | 27,699,000 | 38,382,000 | G. W. Bush | |
| 2/2/2005 | TELEMUNDO, TELEFUTURA | 6 | 660,000 | 1,050,000 | G. W. Bush | |
| 1/20/2004 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, MSNBC | 28 | 30,286,000 | 43,411,000 | G. W. Bush | |
| 1/28/2003 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, MSNBC | 38.8 | 41,447,000 | 62,061,000 | G. W. Bush | |
| 1/29/2002 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, MSNBC | 33.6 | 35,547,000 | 51,773,000 | G.W. Bush | |
| 2/27/2001* | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC | 27.6 | 28,201,000 | 39,793,000 | G.W. Bush | |
| 1/27/2000 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC | 22.4 | 22,536,000 | 31,478,000 | Clinton | |
| 1/19/1999 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNC, MSNBC | 31 | 30,700,000 | 43,500,000 | Clinton | |
| 1/27/1998 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, MSNBC | 37.2 | 36,513,000 | 53,077,000 | Clinton | |
| 2/4/1997 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN | 28.4 | 27,600,000 | 41,100,000 | Clinton | |
| 1/23/1996 | ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN | 29.6 | 28,400,000 | 40,900,000 | Clinton | |
| 1/24/1995 | ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN | 29.5 | 28,100,000 | 42,200,000 | Clinton | |
| 1/25/1994 | ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN | 32.9 | 31,000,000 | 45,800,000 | Clinton | |
| 2/17/1993* | ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN | 44.3 | 41,200,000 | 66,900,000 | Clinton | |
| *2/17/93, 2/27/01 and 2/24/09 officially the "Address to the Joint Sessions of Congress." ^Telemundo's coverage was tape delayed, all other networks carried live.**On 1/23/07 the coverage of these networks goes beyond a common end time & includes the State Of The Union Address & commentary. This does not include the Democratic Response.
Source: Nielsen |
||||||