On Sunday, May 1, 2011, President Obama announced that U.S. military forces killed Osama bin Laden in a targeted attack. The address was carried live from approximately 11:35 PM- 11:44 PM ET on 9 networks. The sum of the average audience for those networks was 56,512,179 viewers, with a combined household rating of 33.9. The networks carrying the address included ABC, CBS, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, FOXNC, HLN and MSNBC.
| U.S. Viewership of President Obama's Address on Death of Osama Bin Laden | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networks | # of Networks | Combined Household Rating | Combined Household Share | Number of Households | Number of Persons |
| ABC, CBS, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, FOXNC, HLN and MSNBC | 9 | 33.9 | 57 | 39,242,395 | 56,512,179 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company *All viewing is based on Live+Same day data for closest Quarter Hour (11:30PM-11:45PM) | |||||
| U.S. Viewership for Previous Speeches from President Obama | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | # of Networks | Combined Household Rating | Combined Household Share | Number of Households | Number of Persons |
| Address on Libya (3/28/11) | 8 | 16.9 | 30 | 19,543,951 | 25,636,310 |
| Address on Iraq (8/31/10) | 11 | 18.8 | 36 | 21,818,342 | 29,232,689 |
| Speech on Afghanistan (12/1/09) | 10 | 25.9 | 44 | 29,806,000 | 40,767,134 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||||
