Nearly 48 million watched Pres. Donald Trump‘s first address to Congress last night on 11 broadcast and cable news networks, according to Nielsen.

Fox News was the most-watched on all of TV for the speech, drawing 10.765 million. NBC was second (first among the broadcasters) drawing 9.144 million. Among the younger news demo (A25-54) NBC was first, followed by Fox News. NBC had The Voice as its lead-in. As these are Nielsen numbers, this only includes TV viewing and not viewers who watched on streaming services. Here’s the partial breakdown of TV viewers:

9:15-10:15 p.m. ET | Total Viewers / A25-54 demo

Fox News: 10,765,000 / 2,784,000

NBC: 9,144,000 / 3,286,000

CBS: 7,156,000 / 1,897,000

ABC: 6,065,000 / 2,074,000

CNN: 3,944,000 / 1,517,000

FOX: 3,076,000 / 1,383,000

MSNBC: 2,683,000 / 669,000

FBN 593,000 / 118,000

By comparison, President Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24, 2009 averaged 52.4 million viewers on broadcast and cable. 39.8 million watched George W. Bush‘s first on Feb. 27, 2001. And 66.9 million watched, on just four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN) watched Bill Clinton‘s first on Feb. 17, 1993.

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