Trump Effect: CNN’s Primetime Ratings Skyrocket After Town Hall

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a CNN Town Hall with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on May 10, 2023, in a still from video. CNN/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

Former President Donald Trump’s participation in a CNN town hall on Wednesday night delivered a ratings boost for the beleaguered cable news channel’s ratings.

According to Mediaite, citing Nielsen data, CNN obtained 3.12 million total viewers for the 8 p.m. Trump special—far more than the network usually draws on a weeknight. Of that figure, some 703,000 viewers were among the 25–54 age demographic, the ratings show.