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Obama's Speech Seen by 38.4 Million, Up 57% vs. Kerry in 2004

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August 29th, 2008

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.

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  1. Victor

    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.”

  2. Robert

    Huge number,, way better than i expected. Any idea what the cumulative number for the State of the Union adress is?

  3. Victor

    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.”

  4. Robert

    Huge number,, way better than i expected. Any idea what the cumulative number for the State of the Union adress is?

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