President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, the last of his current term, drew a 28.0 rating and 43.4 million viewers 2-plus on the eight networks that carried it live: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC,
CNN, CNBC, FOX News Channel and MSNBC. It was the lowest rated address since the 27.6 for Bush's first on Feb. 27, 2001.