33.5 Million Watch Obama Infomercial

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Kate Barrett Reports: More than 33.5 million people watched Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s message Wednesday night on primetime television, according to today’s Nielsen ratings.

The 30-minute infomercial aired at 8 p.m. last night on seven networks and cable stations, immediately drawing reviews from political analysts Wednesday evening, which continued throughout the morning Thursday.

The lengthy ad featured average American families talking about the challenges they face as Obama outlined his policy plans should he win the White House. The production ended with Obama speaking live from a campaign rally in Florida.

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According to Nielsen, the last comparable long-form campaign advertisement, featuring third-party candidate Ross Perot, bought in nearly 22.7 million viewers.

In addition to the more than 33 million people who watched the senator’s infomercial, Obama's appearance on Comedy Central’s Daily Show last night sparked the highest-rated episode of the show's history.




Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/335-million-wat.html

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Hey ABC - how did Pushing Daisies do?

[Pattib]

1. Caught the repeat of The Daily Show today. Loved him on that...Plus Jon had a great show.

[stlsaxman]

2. and ABC didn't carry it!?!?!?! Ha-Hah!!!

[Barrett808]

3. Pushing Daisies: 2.2 rating (up from 1.9 last week)

ABC was the only Big Four network that did not air the ad at 8 p.m., hoping to gain some traction for struggling second-year comedy “Pushing Daisies” as the only scripted program in the slot.

“Daisies” didn’t turn in spectacular numbers, but it did jump 16 percent over last week, from a 1.9 to a 2.2.

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Overnights_50/Obama_s_half-hour_draws_21_4_million.asp

[happygoluckytoyou]

4. not only is McCain going to vote OBAMA this year, but he bought some great knives and a juicer ! !

[struggle4progress]

5. ".. Barack Obama infomercial .. was more successful than regular programming at that same time.

This could be because people really enjoy political commercials — the longer, the better. Or because television programming has become really bad. Or maybe it’s a combo meal. Whatever it is, it worked for Obama ..."
Obama’s prime time address — 33.5 million people like commercials
By Jimmy Orr | 10.30.08
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/30/obamas-prime-time-address-335-million-people-like-commercials/



"Nielsen Media Research estimated that 33.6 million people watched Barack Obama's half-hour television commercial Wednesday night ... Toward the end of his 1992 campaign for president, Ross Perot ran a half-hour infomercial that was watched by 22.7 million people, according to Nielsen. ABC did not run Obama's commercial, instead showing "Pushing Daisies," which was slightly helped by the lack of entertainment competition. The drama was seen Wednesday by 6.6 million people; its season average is 5.9 million. Obama's spot had its biggest audience on NBC, with 7.7 million viewers ..."
Nielsen: 33.6 million watch Obama's infomercial
By DAVID BAUDER – 35 minutes ago
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itVb2y9krvF143h88QH0Rx1uEZHgD945489G0

[litlady]

6. Great! Its almost at a million views on youtube already. nt

[Imagevision]

7. Whie FOXnews runs the Reverend Wright video over and over, they lost and know it!