NOTE: The State of the Union address aired Live from 8pm to approximately 10:15pm. Fast Nationals for all network programming is approximate. Final Nationals will be sustained.
Last night, FOX aired encores of RAISING HOPE (1.1/3) and NEW GIRL (1.1/3), followed by the STATE OF THE UNION (S), which posted a 0.9/2, down -47% from last year’s Fast Nationals (1.7/4 on 1/24/12, 9-10:30pm). Note that last year’s had an encore AMERICAN IDOL lead-in.
Competition
ABC’s The Taste (1.5/4) posted its lowest rating to date, down -17% from last week (1.8/5). Coverage of the 2013 State Of The Union Address delivered a 1.2/3 from 9-10:30pm, down -14% from last year’s Fast Nationals (1.4/3 on 1/24/12 9-10:30pm). Analysis of the address joined a Modern Family repeat to post a 0.9/3 from 10:30-11pm.
CBS ran a repeat NCIS: LA (1.5/4) from 8-9pm, followed by coverage of the State Of The Union Address (1.1/3) from 9-10:30pm, down -27% from last year’s Fast Nationals (1.5/4 on 1/24/12, 9-10:30pm). The SOTU analysis joined a repeat Mike & Molly to deliver a 0.8/2 from 10:30-11pm.
On NBC, back-to-back repeats of Betty White’s Off Their Rockers aired at 8p (1.2/4) and 8:30p (1.4/4). From 9-10:30pm, NBC News’ State of the Union coverage posted a 1.6/4, down -20% from last year’s Fast Nationals (2.0/5 on 1/24/12, 9-10:30pm). Closing out the night, continuing SOTU coverage and analysis combined for a 1.0/3 in the 10:30p half hour.
