American Idol President Wins The Night

But American Idol helped him do it just a little, we think.

Last night, the State of the Union won the night in the ratings, which is easy to do when your only competition is yourself. However, FOX got the highest number of viewers for the telecast, thanks it part by preempting it with American Idol.

But consider this: 9.74 million people tuned in to hear our President address the nation on FOX, 24.75 million people tuned in to see Neil Patrick Harris work the Idol judges table.

You do the math.

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