US EditionDonald Trump Gets Lowest Kennedy Center Honors Ratings Ever: Report
- On December 23, President Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors on CBS, and preliminary Nielsen data show the telecast averaged 2.65 million viewers.
- Before broadcast, President Donald Trump predicted it would be the highest-rated show and promoted the event on Truth Social, soliciting hosting feedback via social media posts.
- Media analysts reported the key advertising demo at roughly 0.14, about HALF of 2024's level, and even a 25% lift would keep final viewership below last year's 5.2 million.
- Last week the center's board added Mr. Trump's name to the building and website, prompting Chuck Redd, musician, Kristy Lee, musician, and other artists to cancel performances in protest.
- Critics point out that producer Robert Deaton staged the telecast like the Country Music Awards, while Trump's pre-taped Oval Office segments in street clothes were trimmed from 12 minutes to two by CBS, shaping negative coverage.
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President Donald Trump seemed to be so rankled by late-night comedians poking fun at his takeover of the Kennedy Center and its annual honors gala on Tuesday night that it led him to renew threats to take away their networks’ broadcasting licenses, but his penchant for bragging without evidence has come back to bite him again. The day began brightly for the president, who proudly posted on Truth Social at 9:55 a.m.: “THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER HON…
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CBS aired the 48th Annual John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Honors awards on Tuesday as President Donald Trump celebrated this year's slate, including country star George Strait, rock band KISS, disco pioneer Gloria Gaynor, and actors Michael Crawford and Sylvester Stallone.
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