Barack Obama's half-hour campaign ad brought in more viewers Wednesday night on each of the three broadcast networks (CBS, NBC and FOX) it aired on than either Pushing Daisies (ABC) or America's Next Top Model (CW) brought to their respective networks ...
Overall ... Obama's ad averaged a combined 26.3 million on CBS, NBC and FOX ...
Adding in MSNBC, BET, Univision and TV One ... and the ad was viewed by 33.6 million viewers overall ...
On cable Obama received his biggest audience on MSNBC (3.5 million) ... On network television Obama recieved his highest numbers on NBC (9.8 million viewers) ... then CBS (8.6 million) and Fox (7.9 million)
As far as the counterprogramming ... ABC's Pushing Daisies averaged 6.8 million and CW's America's Next Top Model drew 3.5 million ...
The same night his ad boosted the broadcast network audience ... Obama's appearance on The Daily Show saw the 12-year-old Comedy Central faux newscast bring in its biggest audience ever ... 3.6 million viewers ... breaking the previous viewership record set three weeks ago when Michelle Obama was the featured guest ...
Here is Obama on The Daily Show ...
~Papi Chulo~