“CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” delivered 509,000 total viewers and 158,000 in the key A25-54 demo Sunday night, coming in second to repeats of both “Huckabee” and “Hannity” on Fox News.
The show was up +36% in the key A25-54 demo vs. the 2013 “Heroes” telecast, but down -4% in viewers.
The star-studded affair featured Benedict Cumberbatch, John Leguizamo, Taye Diggs, Christina Hendricks, Morgan Spurlock, Questlove, Kelly Ripa and Kathy Griffin
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The 2014 CNN Hero of the Year is Pen Farthing, who founded a nonprofit company that reunites soldiers with stray dogs and cats they took in during combat. Farthing will be awarded $100,000 for his cause.
“CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” will be re-broadcast this Saturday at 8pmET.