CNN says its Monday night town hall event with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) (and now 2020 presidential candidate) was the most-watched cable news program for a single candidate for CNN. (Mediaite)
The town hall with Sen. Kamala Harris boasted 712,000 adults 25-54 from 10-11 p.m. ET, easily beating Fox News and MSNBC. CNN also led all of prime-time cable news in the demo Monday. (Deadline)
The hourlong program, featuring Harris answering questions from a studio audience, drew 1.95 million total viewers. MSNBC’s Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (2.35 million) and Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle (2.26 million) did outdraw Harris overall. (THR / Live Feed)
The total viewer count was 75 percent greater than CNN’s average for that hour over the past four weeks. (Politico)