President Barack Obama’s inauguration was viewed by 37.8 million people on Tuesday throughout the day, TelevisionWeek reports, citing figures from Nielsen Media Research. That ranks it as the second most-watched inauguration behind Ronald Reagan’s in 1981, the TVWeek says.
—Aimee Picchi
Obama’s Inauguration Viewed by 37.8 Mil
Jan 22, 2009 • Post A Comment
In today’s media world those are good numbers. In 1981, Walter Cronkite was just getting ready to leave The CBS Evening News, CNN was still a wish and a prayer for Ted Turner and cable viewing overall was dismal.
ABC, CBS & NBC still ruled network TV and our leaders and especially the President Elect had a strong media involvement and following.
Twenty-eight years later it is a completely different world of “TV”.
Bless our Nation and all of us in it.
Peter Bright