I honestly had not heard last night's talk addressed as "The State of the Union Address". All of my TV listings said "Presidential Speech to Congress." Previous presidents have not done a state of the union address the year that they were elected. (
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/sou/index.html) That site lists the Inaugural Address instead for those years.
This is the third time (including Inauguration Day) that he has hijacked prime time and he's only been in office for 6 weeks? That's what I meant when I said I hoped this didn't become a regular thing. He was just on all the stations a week or so ago to plug the stimulus package.