(PR) It wasn't just Brits that could care less if the world goes down in burning lake of fire caused by yuppies in SUVs eating McBurgers. Or maybe Americans have caught on to what Germany has known all along- David Hasselhoff is sexier than Al Gore. The U.S. ratings are in and Gore's attempt to turn the world on to the dangers of global warming by using untold amounts of energy and releasing an explosive amount of carbon into the atmosphere by staging a global concert that somehow was supposed to help stop global warming by contributing to it. At least they raised some money from ticket sales to fund their crusade of getting people to "Just Say No" to abusing our great planet. Like our English friends, Americans largely tuned out the Live Earth broadcast that subconsciously educated us to the dangers of global warming by showing us that Madonna is a bit long in the tooth and a few decades past her virgin prime.
The usually lowest rated network broadcaster NBC were probably hoping to get a boost in viewership this past weekend with the event, but they stayed true to form with the lowest ratings of the night. In fact, their Sat night ratings actually dropped from their average. The numbers were down about18% from the previous week for repeats of America's Got Talent and Medium. According to preliminary numbers only about 2.7 million Americans could be bothered to witness why music business sales are sinking as fast as the polar icecaps. In fact, a repeat of a show that was cancelled by CBS draw almost twice as many viewers on the eve of the event that was supposed to change the world. (Jericho's encore season opening drew 4.74 million viewers on Friday night, beaten slightly by wrestling. Maybe Gore should stage a global wrestling match next time?).
On the other hand, this may be a sign that the concert was a huge success as people the world over took the message to heart and didn't drive to the events and those at home saved energy by not tuning in! Then again, maybe most people tuned into America's Most Wanted in hopes of seeing Gore's son get busted for drugs?
