NEW YORK -- On Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 President Barack Obama delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term in office. The address was carried live from approximately 9 to 10:15 p.m. on 15 networks and tape delayed on Univision. The sum of the average audience for those networks was 33.5 million viewers with a combined household rating of 21.8. The networks carrying the address were Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Azteca, Univision, MundoFox, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Current, Centric and Galavision.

State of the Union, Feb. 12, 2013

Networks	Combined Household Ratings	No. of Households	No. of Viewers (P2+)
FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Azteca, UNI, MFX, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Current, Centric, GALA	21.8	24,767,047	33,497,607
Source: Nielsen

Below is a historical look at past State of the Union addresses.

Past State of the Union Addresses

Date	Networks	HH Rating	No. HH	No. of Viewers	President
1/24/2012	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, TEL, TF, UNI, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FoxNC, GALA, MSNBC and MUN2	24.0	27,569,423	37,752,613	Obama
1/25/2011	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, Centric, CNBC, FoxNC, and MSNBC	26.6	30,871,688	42,789,947	Obama
1/27/2010	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, TEL, UNI, CNN, BET, CNBC, FoxNC, MSNBC	29.8	34,182,725	48,009,595	Obama
2/24/2009*	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC, TELEMUNDO, UNIVISION	32.5	37,185,000	52,373,000	Obama
1/28/2008	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC, TELEMUNDO^, UNIVISION	24.7	27,702,000	37,515,000	G.W Bush
1/23/2007	ABC, CBS, Fox**, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC, TELEMUNDO**, UNIVISION **	29.6	32,968,000	45,486,000	G.W. Bush
1/31/2006	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC	26.9	29,578,000	41,699,000	G.W. Bush
1/31/2006	TELEMUNDO, AZTECA AMERICA, TELFUTURA, TELEMUNDO	8.4	950,000	1,480,000	G.W. Bush
2/2/2005	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC	25.2	27,699,000	38,382,000	G. W. Bush
2/2/2005	TELEMUNDO, TELEFUTURA	6	660,000	1,050,000	G. W. Bush
1/20/2004	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FoxNC, MSNBC	28	30,286,000	43,411,000	G. W. Bush
1/28/2003	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FoxNC, MSNBC	38.8	41,447,000	62,061,000	G. W. Bush
1/29/2002	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FoxNC, MSNBC	33.6	35,547,000	51,773,000	G.W. Bush
2/27/2001*	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC	27.6	28,201,000	39,793,000	G.W. Bush
1/27/2000	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC	22.4	22,536,000	31,478,000	Clinton
1/19/1999	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, FoxNC, MSNBC	31	30,700,000	43,500,000	Clinton
1/27/1998	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, CNBC, FoxNC, MSNBC	37.2	36,513,000	53,077,000	Clinton
2/4/1997	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN	28.4	27,600,000	41,100,000	Clinton
1/23/1996	ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN	29.6	28,400,000	40,900,000	Clinton
1/24/1995	ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN	29.5	28,100,000	42,200,000	Clinton
1/25/1994	ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN	32.9	31,000,000	45,800,000	Clinton
2/17/1993*	ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN	44.3	41,200,000	66,900,000	Clinton
*2/17/93, 2/27/01 and 2/24/09 officially the “Address to the Joint Sessions of Congress.” ^Telemundo’s coverage was tape delayed, all other networks carried live.**On 1/23/07 the coverage of these networks goes beyond a common end time & includes the State Of The Union Address & commentary. This does not include the Democratic Response. Source: Nielsen