CNN’s New Year’s Eve special with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen scored its second biggest midnight viewership in the annual special’s nearly 20 years on the air.
The special, which took place live from New York City’s Times Square celebration, averaged 4.5 million total viewers and 1.8 million viewers in the key cable demo among 25-54 from 12-12:30 a.m., marking the event’s second best performance in the time period since it began airing in 2007, behind only 2020. In fact, the special saw a 21% increase in total viewers and a 35% uptick among the 25-54 demo.
For the full event, which ran from 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., CNN averaged 2.8 million viewers and 1.1 million viewers in the key demo, becoming the event’s second performance since Cohen joined the live event as co-host in 2017.
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