Paris Hilton proves bigger TV draw than President Bush interview
NEW YORK (AP) — Paris Hilton was a bigger television draw than President George W. Bush this week. So, for that matter, was Mark Harmon.
ABC’s interview of the president by Diane Sawyer, telecast Tuesday, only two days after the capture of Saddam Hussein was announced, was seen by 11 million people, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Meanwhile, Fox’s The Simple Life, with Hilton terrorizing an Arkansas town, was seen by 11.9 million, Nielsen said Thursday. During the half-hour where the two shows competed directly, ABC’s Bush interview had 11.3 million viewers.
Meanwhile, the CBS drama Navy NCIS starring Harmon had an audience of 12 million.
Bush can console himself with the knowledge that he was more popular than a Whoopi rerun, which had 7.3 million people watching on NBC.
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)
I think toe jam would win in a popularity contest between it and GWB. I'd vote for it, anyway.
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)
Aren't Nielsen ratings the best? Fifty-five people leave the TV on when they go to the drycleaners, and it translates to 11.9 "viewers" sitting spellbound around the screen, eating microwave popcorn and yucking up a storm...
― Andy, Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)