Audience favorite: Trump town hall boosts CNN’s ratings to 5x HIGHER than typical night

CNN’s Wednesday town hall featuring former President Donald Trump reportedly yielded ratings about five times higher than the network’s typical viewership in the 8 p.m. hour among the 25-54 age demographic. The network scored 3.12 million total viewers and 703,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic in the 8 p.m. hour, Nielsen Fast National reported Wednesday. In recent weeks, CNN’s prime-time average hung around half a million viewers, well behind Fox and MSNBC. That is “five times higher than CNN’s typical performance at 8pm,” Brian Stelter tweeted. “The event outdated Fox and MSNBC.” About 1.410 million peopled viewed Fox News, while MSNBC had 1.370 million. During the Tucker Carlson era, Fox News drew about three million each night.