U.S. President Barack Obama outlines his job creation plan before a Joint Session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2011. Behind him are Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH (R). UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

President Obama’s speech outlining his new plan to create jobs on Thursday night was the top audience draw on television, getting 31.4 million viewers.

According to USA Today, the speech was broadcast live on 11 different channels, including all four major networks at 7 p.m. Still, the speech drew 10 million less viewers than his last State of the Union address. It was also far behind his most watched speech, which was his announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed on May 1. That speech drew 56.5 million.

Fox News' cable coverage drew the largest audience compared to the other cable news networks.

Thanks to a scheduling conflict with the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday, the speech was moved to Thursday, just before the NFL season opening game on NBC. Concerns grew about it conflicting with NFL pre-game shows, but NBC opted to air the show on one of their cable networks in favor of the speech.

The President’s speech was the overall winner of the night, even beating out the Green Bay Packers’ victory over the New Orleans Saints. The game drew 27.2 million viewers, according to the Los Angeles Times, which was actually less than last year’s opening game.