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Joe Biden's choice to go on Seth Meyers's late-night present was mocked, noting that he turned down the chance to do a softball interview on the Tremendous Bowl.
Now the scores for the Meyers interview are in and so they're not excellent. This system carried out notably poorly amongst younger voters.
Biden might have reached tens of millions of individuals with the Tremendous Bowl however he selected to do this as a substitute. Nice pattern, Joe!
The Washington Examiner stories:
Biden's Seth Meyers interview suffers scores catastrophe amongst younger viewers
President Joe Biden's look on Late Night time with Seth Meyers didn't go in addition to he hoped.
Biden appeared on discuss reveals in hopes of garnering assist amid his tight race towards presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Nevertheless, the trouble has struggled to get off the bottom, particularly among the many key demographic of ages 25-54, Nielsen Media Analysis discovered.
The interview averaged 852,000 viewers and solely 181,000 viewers have been in that demographic. This determine is 32% lower than the identical day final yr.
Rankings for his present have declined considerably throughout Meyers' tenure, due partly to the general public's shift away from cable tv.
These are embarrassing figures for a sitting President. Reruns of Regulation & Order get higher scores.
It's past refreshing to see that even younger viewers discover Seth Meyers frankly unbearable.
The present solely attracted 852,000 viewers, regardless of being POTUS throughout an election yr.
Context: Gutfeld garnered about 2.2 million viewers in a single night time, or practically 3 times as many. https://t.co/vmbTGlcRyf
– Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) 28 February 2024
Haha, they have been bragging about this on this interview earlier this week. https://t.co/XWG9ipatpS
– Liberty Fanatic (@therealBradDE) 28 February 2024
Likelihood is the one individuals who tuned in to see this interview have been journalists, die-hard Seth Meyers followers, and dedicated Democrats. Furthermore, many individuals will not be fascinated about listening to what Biden has to say.