A Junkie blog post last night following President Obama's nationally televised news conference brought this comment from Joy Trenton:

I'd love to know how many households were tuned in to Lie to Me vs. Big O. Let us know if you get the numbers.

According to The Nielsen Co., which measures these things, Lie to Me -- one of my favorite shows, I should add -- was viewed by 7,754,000 people on Wednesday, which was the sixth-best showing on TV that evening, an evening that Fox won.

As for the president's news conference, Nielsen has these numbers:

Last night's primetime press conference to mark Barack Obama's 100th day in office was viewed by 28.8 million people in the U.S., according to The Nielsen Company. The event pulled an 18.8 household rating on 10 TV networks.


Viewership for the presser was 29% less than the President's last press conference on March 24, which was seen on 11 networks. President Obama's first primetime press conference was watched by 49.5 million U.S. viewers on eight networks. ...

Networks airing last night's press conference from 8pm to 9pm ET included ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC, and MUN2. Telemundo aired the press conference on a tape delay at 11:35pm ET.


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5:39 - April 30, 2009

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