UPDATED: Barack Obama's latest speech on the economy commandeered primetime, displacing shows from the 9 p.m. hour with a highly viewed address. Obama's talk to a joint session of Congress drew a 52.4 million viewers across cable and broadcast networks. That's slightly more than Obama's first presidential press conference from a couple of weeks ago. Among original entertainment programming at 8 p.m. (which is mostly accurate) CBS' "NCIS" (17.9 million viewers, 3.7 preliminary adults 18-49 rating and 10 share) and NBC's "The Biggest Loser" (9.7 million, 3.5/10) maintained their strength, while ABC saw a spike for "Homeland Security" (6.2 million, 1.9/5). At 9 p.m., CW aired the season finale of "Privileged" (1.6 million, 0.8/2).The soap was notably left off the network's list of renewals yesterday and for good reason: it's the lowest-rated drama on the network. The network likes the show, and so do critics, so there may be a chance of a renewal -- but only if the network is unhappy with its fall pilots. The CW doesn't program very many time periods and, all things being equal, would prefer to try something new. Citeşte tot articolul → Strong ratings for Obama speech