The Nielsen ratings people are reporting that 31.4 million television viewerswatched President Obama's jobs speech on Thursday evening.
That is more than 10 million less viewers than for Obama's State of the Union addresses, and other major speeches.
Other Obama speeches have been delivered in prime time; the jobs speech was at 7 p.m., after negotiations with Congress and concerns about bumping into the opening game of the National Football League season.
A total of 11 television networks carried Obama's speech: ABC, AZA, CBS, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FOXNC, and MSNBC.
Obama's State of the Union address in January drew 42.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
By contrast, Obama's March address on military action in Libya had on 25.6 million TV viewers.
Obama's most watched speech: His May 1 announcement about the death of Osama bin Laden, seen by 56.5 million television viewers,
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