Time to cancel this turkey. From EW.com:
President Obama's speech viewership keeps on slipping. Monday night's policy address on Libya delivered 25.6 million viewers, continuing the president's trend of declining ratings for his issue-oriented telecasts.
The speech was down 12% from Obama's address on Iraq last August (29.2 million), which fell 9% from his speech on the Gulf Coast oil spill in June (32.1 million), which in turn dropped 21% from his Afghanistan speech back in December of 2009 (40.8 million). Last night's address could have been dinged by starting slightly before primetime, at 7:30 p.m. (which also kept Obama from making ABC choose between the commander-in-chief and airing Dancing With the Stars at its usual time).
With a decline like that, it is apparent that "The Obama Show" has jumped the shark. Maybe he'll do better as a summer replacement for "Dancing with the Stars?"
Hat Tip: Ed Lasky
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