Tuning Out Obama

As his poll numbers rapidly erode, so do the number of viewers willing to suffer through his inanities.

Barack Obama's first address from the Oval Office delivered 32.1 million viewers Tuesday evening. The speech ranks as the president's second least-watched major cross-network primetime event.

Obama discussed the Gulf Coast oil spill and called for energy policy changes. The 20-minute address was viewed across 11 networks -- ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, MSNBC, and TWC.

The audience is down 33% from Obama's first State of the Union address in January and down 21% from his last primetime speech announcing a strategy for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan last December.

Of Obama's major addresses, last night was the least-watched telecast yet.

On a related note, ratings for "Lie to Me" and "Last Comic Standing" were up.