Joal Ryan Fri Aug 29, 10:25 AM ET

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Even a sport structure couldn't stop Barack Obama's audience.

An Oscars-esque 38.4 meg watched Obama's style accepting the Democratic statesmanly nomination, Nielsen Media Research said today.

Actually, the accolade start hasn't averaged 38 million-plus audience since 2006.

Obama's weekday speech, delivered before most 75,000 at the sport bag of the Denver Broncos, not exclusive lidded this time year's Oscars (32 million), but every period of the just-concluded Peiping Games (which, at its best, scored 34.9 million), and terminal spring's dweller Idol finish (31.7 million).

The style drew more audience than President Bush's terminal State of the Union come (37.5 million) and was easily the most-watched distance of this week's Democratic convention.

Nielsen obstructed brief of unqualified declaring it the most-watched gathering circumstance ever as its accumulation for night-by-night, gathering viewership exclusive goes backwards to 2000.

Also uncharted is just how some grouping watched the Obama style springy on TV.

Nielsen counted everybody who caught the style on digit of 10 programme or telegram channels, but, as is its way, did not calculate those who watched it on a uncommercialized outlet, à la PBS or CSPAN.

Nielsen stats definitively exhibit the Obama style was the most-watched, nonsports information in African-American households since a archangel politician day concert programme on CBS in 2001. Obama, the lowly U.S. senator from Illinois, is the prototypal African-American to help as a field party's statesmanly nominee.

Combined with the convention's prototypal threesome nights, the Democratic gathering averaged 27.7 million, making it the most-watched convention, Democratic or Republican, on record. (Again, Nielsen's records exclusive go backwards to 2000. Also, more networks than ever provided springy news of this time week's convention.)

After Obama, the week's next-biggest entertainer was the senator's crowning competition in the primaries: mountaineer Clinton.Tuesday's prime-time coverage, featuring a style by Clinton, averaged 26 million. weekday night, featuring a style by past President Bill Clinton, averaged 24 million.

The politico gathering is ordered to squawk soured Monday.