CNN’s Florida Town Hall on Guns in America Lures 2.9 Million Viewers
CNN’s Town Hall on guns in America drew 2.909 million total viewers on Wednesday. That made the network No. 1 in the special’s two-hour primetime time slot, besting Fox News Channel (2.445 million) and MSNBC (2.305 million).
The Time Warner-owned cable news network also topped its competition in the key 25-54 demographic and among millennials. “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” hauled in 1.101 million viewers in the main news demo, and another 310,000 adults 18-34.
CNN offered the Town Hall feed to all Florida affiliates, so additional viewers tuned in on their local broadcast station. Those Nielsen numbers are not available yet, however.
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Finally, digital tune-in to “Stand Up” was the highest for any CNN Town Hall on record.
Participants in the Jake Tapper-hosted event, which ran from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, included students and parents affected by last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, GOP senator Marco Rubio and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, among others.
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