Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Around 24.2 million people watched President Joe Biden‘s news conference at NATO Summit on Thursday, according to Nielsen data.
That’s up from the 20.3 million people who watched President Biden address the nation on October 19 in regards to the Israel and Ukraine wars, and it’s hovering in State of the Union address territory, as interest continues to be pronounced when it comes to President Biden’s physical state and performance.
Nielsen didn’t break out the ratings by network, but did aggregate viewership on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Univision, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, all of which carried the press conference live from approximately 7:30 p.m.
ET to 8:30 p.m. ET. Most of that viewership was in the 55+ demo, where 19.2 million viewers watched live. Among adults 18-34, the number was just over 1 million, while it was 3.6 million with adults 35 to 54.
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