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Among Lists of Firsts, Obama Makes TV History
September 1st, 2008His acceptance speech attracted more viewers than ever
It seems that everything that Barack Obama does these days makes history. Turns out that when Obama, the first Black major-party nominee, gave his acceptance speech last Thursday before the largest live convention audience ever – 84,000 people – there were more than 40 million people tuning in, making it the most popular TV event in political convention history. As Nielsen Media Research put it, “More people watched Obama speak from a packed stadium in Denver on Thursday than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing , the final ‘American Idol’ or the Academy Awards this year said Friday. (Four playoff football games, including the Super Bowl between the Giants and Patriots, were seen by more than 40 million people.)” Nielsen data showed that together CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, Univision, Telemundo, BET and TV One accounted for a 24.5 national household rating in the 10 p.m. hour. That translates into about 38.4 million people who watched Obama address the Democratic National Convention at Denver ’s Invesco Field. That doesn’t even include those who tuned in from C-SPAN or PBS, according to Nielsen. About 7.5 million of the viewers in the 10 p.m. hour were Blacks, Nielsen estimated. In Obama’s speech was the fifth-highest-rated, non-sports event watched by Blacks in more than a decade. Michael Jackson’s 2001 30th anniversary CBS special is No. 1. No other convention in history even comes close. The next largest TV audience was when 27.6 million watched Bush deliver his acceptance speech after defeating John Kerry four years ago.
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I fully agree because almost every household here in the Bahamas was tuned into Obama’s acceptance speech. It was superb. We are overjoyed that Obama has made it thus far and we are pulling for him all the way!!!!
We in the Bahamas love Obama!
Bahama 4 Obama!
She looks classy. She is my favorite. It is said she is single now. Her photos were seen at WEALTHY&SEXY dating site ” http://RichMatchMaking.com ” last week.
I have to say I enjoyed the convention and BET’s photo’s, but I found it disturbing that they didn’t even identify the white woman holding Barack as a child as his mother. Was that an oversite? It implied that she was nobody to him, how sad that BET is so biased that they can’t even acknowledge the mans mother, very sad
This is great ! But some news stations..”Fox News”.. Still will try to turn it in to a negative thing for the Dems and Mr Obama .
go obama , I & millions others are with you every step of the way. “obama-Biden 08”
This is the time to celebrate. Obama, the first Black major-party nominee, making the most popular TV event in political convention history, and Obama’s journey to the WHITE HOUSE.
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Check out how Governor Palin’s daughter is holding her hands. Classic momma pose. 2nd time around? I feel sorry for her. 2 have preassure on her is not good mentally or for family. Is the fame of the whitehouse that important?
Not throwing salt in da game, but, out of wedlock stats on black households are routinely posted in the news. Did the right to lifers send roses to Jesse and Edwards baby mommas? This is the first time that I have seen praise other than Mary and Joseph for choosing to have children out of wedlock and Mary didn’t get her praise for eons.
I appreciate the stance that President Obama is taking regarding protecting the children. They have taken the high road and that gallant.
Interesting How Obama always takes the high road while McCain wallows in the muck! NOT someone we’d want handling foreign affairs.
I truly believe in my heart that Obama will win!!! May God bless and keep his family as well as the USA.
(President)Obama and (Vice President) Biden job well done.
McCain had more viewers than Obama!!!!