Just 20 million Americans watched Biden's State of the Union - down from 38.2 ... trends now
Only around 23 million viewers tuned in to hear President Biden give his State of the Union, a once-yearly address to Congress and the nation, delivered with much fanfare.
Fox News drew the largest share of viewers - 4.57 million - according to Neilsen's Fast Ratings, which could tick up as final data is compiled. ABC came in second with 4.3 million, MSNBC with 3.7 million, CBS with 3.5 million, CNN with 2.3 million and Fox Broadcasting with 1.6 million.
Among the coveted 25-54 age demographic most valued by advertisers, ABC finished first with around 1.06 million viewers, trailed by NBC (978,000 viewers), Fox News Channel (793,000 viewers), CBS (675,000 viewers), CNN (617,000 viewers), MSNBC (479,000 viewers) and Fox Broadcasting (482,000 viewers).
Only around 23 million viewers tuned in to hear President Biden give his State of the Union address once-yearly address to Congress and the nation, delivered with much fanfare
Early ratings show a major decline in viewership this year even as there were a number of made-for-TV GOP outbursts throughout the speech - last year Biden's address drew 38 million.
When final ratings are released the 2023 State of the Union viewership could tick up as high as 26.9 million, however, according to Forbes.
DailyMail.com asked Americans across the nation if they would be tuning in on Tuesdsay.
Cory Griffin was only half listening. 'I usually catch up with it the next day,' he said, as he paused on the Las Vegas strip waiting for the famous fountain display in front of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino.
'It's just too dry. It's not engaging.'
This year he is on vacation with all the distractions of Las Vegas around him. But even at home in Chicago the 42-year-old business analyst usually catches up with it the day after, when it has been analyzed and packaged into digestible highlights.
Last year, only 38 million people tuned in to watch President Joe Biden deliver his State of the Union address. In 1993, almost 67 million people watched Bill Clinton appear in Congress
Spectators watching the fountains in front of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino said they wouldn't bother tuning in to the State of the Union on Tuesday. And who can blame them?
'When Trump was in office it was more unpredictable,' he added. 'Even then I didn't need to watch it live.'
Maybe it is unfair to ask people on the multicolored Las Vegas strip, with its mini Eiffel Tower, pirate ships and volcano displays (on the hour from 7pm to 11pm in front of the Mirage) whether they can tear themselves away from the illuminations to spend more than an hour to watch an old man in a navy suit deliver a speech from a podium.
But if Las Vegas represents one end of the nation's entertainment spectrum, and Washington D.C., with its political nerds who view the State of the Union as their Oscars, Super Bowl and royal wedding rolled into one, the numbers suggest much of America is
