Donald Trump's State Of The Union Drew Around 28 Million Viewers Across Major Networks, Per Early Nielsen Data
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Donald Trump's State of the Union address drew around 28 million viewers across eight major news networks, according to preliminary data from Nielsen.
The final numbers will be available on Thursday. Last year, when the president delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress, the final data showed that he drew almost 32 million viewers across those networks.
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