34 Million Tuned in for Obama's Speech on ISIS

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President Barack Obama's speech Wednesday night about the U.S. plan to combat the Islamic State, a group that gained notoriety after the brutal murder of two journalists, drew 34 million viewers, according to numbers released by Nielsen

That figure is slightly higher than the 33.3 million people who tuned in for the President's State of the Union back in January, which at the time was the lowest-rated State of the Union since President Clinton's final address in 2000.

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Fox News led the cable networks, with the 15-minute speech bringing in 4.45 million Fox viewers. MSNBC and CNN received 1.89 million and 1.83 million viewers respectively. In the key 25-54 age demographic, Fox News attracted the same number of viewers as CNN and MSNBC combined (994,000 versus 633,000 and 361,000). In all, 14 networks carried the address. Read more...

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