Obama's 30-minute ad attracts 33 million viewers!

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People want change!!

Obama's 30-minute ad attracts 33 million viewers
By Matea Gold

October 31, 2008

Reporting from New York — If Sen. Barack Obama were a television executive, he'd have a hit on his hands.

More than 33 million people watched Obama's paid political ad Wednesday night on seven networks, Nielsen Media Research reported Thursday, delivering a larger audience for that time period than the usual viewership so far this season.

On an average Wednesday night, the same networks get an audience of 30.3 million people between 8 and 8:30 p.m.

The commercial, which ran on CBS, Fox, NBC, Univision, BET, MSNBC and TV One, drew an audience that was more than half the size as the one that tuned into the final debate between Obama and Sen. John McCain on Oct. 15. That forum had 56.5 million viewers.

The infomercial was especially popular among African American viewers, attracting 15.2% of that demographic. Overall, 11.6% of television viewers watched the ad.

Obama's commercial fared better than the 15 paid telecasts that Ross Perot aired in 1992. An average of 11.6 million viewers watched those.

Gold is a Times staff writer.

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...but in singapore, 60 over percent voters(locals or new citizens) don't understand what is change.

Singaporeans like white lies from PAP, they only know upgrading and handouts.
They love F1 with chilli and onion, casinos, motorbike race, Chingay, YO, and they merry with Hsien Loong.

Obama is from the future, local singaporeans prefer history, they love North-korea lifestyle in the Boston garden and venice waterway.
No cuntry can copy this kind of living.

I say again, singaporeans are not ready for a change, Obama is the future.

Singapore's future is casinos(over a dead body), racing, gambling, prostitution, this is the singaporean dream.

Very good luck is forthcoming at the bay, the three tablets will cut through the financial center.

Lets merry with Hsien Loong, take panadols and forget the pain

People want change!!

Obama's 30-minute ad attracts 33 million viewers
By Matea Gold

October 31, 2008

Reporting from New York — If Sen. Barack Obama were a television executive, he'd have a hit on his hands.

More than 33 million people watched Obama's paid political ad Wednesday night on seven networks, Nielsen Media Research reported Thursday, delivering a larger audience for that time period than the usual viewership so far this season.

On an average Wednesday night, the same networks get an audience of 30.3 million people between 8 and 8:30 p.m.

The commercial, which ran on CBS, Fox, NBC, Univision, BET, MSNBC and TV One, drew an audience that was more than half the size as the one that tuned into the final debate between Obama and Sen. John McCain on Oct. 15. That forum had 56.5 million viewers.

The infomercial was especially popular among African American viewers, attracting 15.2% of that demographic. Overall, 11.6% of television viewers watched the ad.

Obama's commercial fared better than the 15 paid telecasts that Ross Perot aired in 1992. An average of 11.6 million viewers watched those.

Gold is a Times staff writer.

[email protected]

 

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Here's the embedded video if you missed my post about the info-ad a few days ago:

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