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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE MAY 16, 2006 10:11:04 ET XXXXX TV RATINGS FOR BUSH HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK'S PROGRAMMING ON ABC, FOX Is President Bush now a hot commodity on TV? Overnight ratings show Bush's 8 PM ET speech Monday night outpaced audience levels for the previous week in the same timeslot -- on ABC and FOX! Bush pulled a 6.6 rating/11 share at 8PM on ABC [up from 5.1/8 for ABC last Monday 8 PM] and a 5.7/9 on FOX [up from 5.6/9]. CBS saw its rating under Bush dip to a 5.1 rating/8 share from a 5.9/9; NBC went 6.6/11 from 8.9/14. A top network executive cautioned that the president should not sign up with William Morris -- just yet -- for a post-presidency TV career. "The numbers do not fully represent the out of prime-time airing of the speech on the West Coast, and it should be noted regular programming did begin before 8:30 in some time zones, so he got a bump." Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2006 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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