The inauguration of President Barack Obama scored a 29.2 overall household television rating in the top 56 local TV markets, Nielsen said in releasing preliminary numbers. The Raleigh-Durham market had the largest TV audience with more than 51% of households tuned into the events. The Nielsen audience...
Going head-to-head on Tuesday night, Fox’s “American Idol” beat out prime-time coverage of the presidential inauguration on ABC, and outranked other networks’ inauguration coverage throughout the night as well. ‘Idol’ scored an 8.9 rating/22 share among adults 18-49 and a 12.1/18 in households, drawing...
The inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States turned out to be more traditional television than a showcase for broadcast technology. That made the story of the day less what the coverage looked like, but how the coverage was consumed. Early data indicated that a record number...
Obama Team Takes Over White House Web Site It didn’t take long for the White House Web page to switch from one president to the next. By 12:10 p.m., minutes after Barack Obama took office as president, the Bush administration Web page was replaced with a new one. Less than three minutes later, it had...
The historic installation of the nation’s first African American president is creating unprecedented interest in programming related to Tuesday’s inauguration—as well as logistical nightmares for TV news crews. EXPECTING A CROWD Barack Obama will have this view of the Mall as he’s inaugurated. CNN will...
ESPN Classic will air a 10-hour marathon of “Breaking Barriers” on Jan. 20 to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration as president. An additional seven hours of the series, which profiles ground-breaking African American athletes such as Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe and Jack Johnson, will air Jan. 19 to...
HBO and MTV are adjusting their telecast plans as Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Obama draws near. On Sunday night, HBO had been planning to telecast the opening event of the inauguration, an afternoon combined concert and reading at the Lincoln Memorial. The musical performers for the event...
The Presidential Inaugural Committee is tapping HBO to exclusively televise the opening celebration of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a Sunday afternoon event at the Lincoln Memorial. The committee on Tuesday night said HBO will work with cable and satellite distributors to make the...
CBS News has unveiled its plans for multiplatform coverage of the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, led by live broadcasts and Web streams anchored by Katie Couric. Ms. Couric will anchor broadcast coverage for CBS throughout the day on Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Coverage will include...
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A second Viacom cable network is planning its own ball at the inauguration of Barack Obama. BET Networks will join with America’s Promise Alliance, the nonprofit organization set up by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, to host an inaugural ball to be held Jan. 20 in Washington...