Nielsen: Trump's 1st primetime interview had less than half the audience that Obama got

[highplainsdem]

Wonder how fast the ratings-obsessed Troll-in-Chief will start spinning this. This ratings loss has to be killing him, since he tweeted about the interview in advance, advertising it.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/president-trump-abc-interview-ratings-1201970573/

The first primetime interview with President Trump after his official ascension to the office — as opposed to the interviews conducted when he was President-Elect — didn’t set the Nielsen charts aflame. In Nielsen’s preliminary ratings, President Trump’s interview with ABC News’ David Muir on Wednesday night drew a 1.7 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and 7.5 million viewers on the whole, winning the night but well short of President Obama’s first primetime interview after taking office in 2009.

Obama’s first primetime interview — as opposed to a televised press conference or late-night talk show appearance — on March 22, 2009 notched a 3.9 rating in the 18-49 demo and drew a total audience of 17.04 million. Now, circumstances for Obama’s first primetime interview were a little different: His interview was with CBS’ “60 Minutes” — and the episode aired after CBS’ March Madness coverage, giving it a solid lead-in (that it built on considerably). For a more modern comparison, President Trump’s interview on Wednesday garnered about the same preliminary rating as that of Tuesday’s “Chicago Fire” episode that aired in the same 10 p.m. hour.

[malaise]

1. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah

Expect a tweet

[MaeScott]

2. Good, speed his mental instability with facts that he is NOT yuge as he thinks.

[SouthernIrish]

5. Oh no

Here comes the backlash of Trump on Twitter. Lying Neilson ratings, crooked MSM, etc. Any time that his ego takes a hit, he makes the subject his priority. Toddler tantrum in 3-2-1.

[hwmnbn]

15. It's like clockwork...

BTW, welcome to DU!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Alternative Facts:

The remote control batteries on half of America's TV all died and they were unable to flip to the channel in time.

[rzemanfl]

4. Because the batteries were not made in the U.S.A.

Snark.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. ....................

[underpants]

6. Spicer - there were watch parties of 10-20 watching the same TV. PERIOD!

Spicer out.

[JDC]

13. Ha!

[uponit7771]

16. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

18. And Theaters On Closed Circuit

Easily another 10 million viewers.

[underpants]

20. Easily. PERIOD!

Spicer out

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Mike Drop!

"Did i say 10 million? I meant 20!"

[Freethinker65]

7. Up next: Trump demands air time between Super Bowl plays. Hahahahaha

[highplainsdem]

10. Hate to tell you, but he'll be interviewed by O'Reilly right before the Super Bowl, on Fox:

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/01/17/bill-oreilly-to-interview-incoming-president-trump-on-super-bowl-sunday.html

O'Reilly also interviewed President Obama twice before the Superbowl, in 2011 and 2014.

http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/23/bill-oreilly-will-interview-obama-during-super-bowl-pregame/

[Freethinker65]

12. But between plays would guarantee a larger audience for him to brag about

...and be so much more fun to ridicule

[Buns_of_Fire]

21. He can always arrange a wardrobe malfunction. nt

[SoCalNative]

9. Ruh-roh

Expect a Twitterstorm in 3...2....1....

[susanna]

11. Batten down the hatches. He's gonna blow. n/t

[dalton99a]

14. Alternative Fact: The interview was watched by massive audience in auditoriums and stadiums.

[mountain grammy]

17. Who can watch that crap?

Read the transcript. Bad enough

[fishwax]

19. BWAHAHAHAHA!