Barack Obama Press Conference Ratings: Enough?

After earning a last-minute reprieve from the judges two weeks ago, Matt Giraud did not make the cut on Wednesday’s results edition of “American Idol.” The final episode for the 23-year-old piano player from Michigan drew 21.8 million viewers at 9 p.m., according to Nielsen’s estimates, easily lifting Fox to No. 1 in the ratings for the night. (More from NY Times)
Fox led over all despite earning a much smaller audience of 7.9 million viewers during the 8 p.m. hour with “Lie to Me.” The crime show was the only regular programming in the time period on the major broadcast networks as Fox was the only one of the big four networks that opted not to carry a live news conference in the hour in which President Obama marked his 100th day in office and took questions from the press.
About 29 million people watched the press conference on a total of 10 broadcast and cable channels, down about 30 percent from a similar event held last month.

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