Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Michael Jackson: Chairman of the Bored

In the golden ratings department, Michael Jackson's four-hour death extravaganza carried on 19 TV networks Tuesday hauled in 30.9 mil voyeurs. 20.5 rating/56 share.

Or put it this way, Jackson's the filling between Ronald Reagan's 2004 burial (35 mil/23 rating) and Princess Diana's 1997 funeral (33.2 miil/26 rating).

[Source: Nielsen]

3 comments:

Bobcat said...

I did not watch a nano second of the coverage. Did the 19 networks go wall to wall or did they break for commercials? It could have been the least productive day in the history of Television.

jimbotalk said...

I'm just glad that Iran/North Korea/health care/recession all disappeared.

Anonymous said...

Jimbo all that doesn't matter in today's what's happenin' now world