CBS’ broadcast of the 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors — which recognized George Clooney, U2, Tania León, Gladys Knight and Amy Grant — took home a Wednesday night ratings win for the network.
The two-hour special averaged about 5.1M total viewers, which was up 18% compared to last year’s audience of about 4.3M. It was the No.
1 show of the night in terms of total viewership. In addition to the CBS broadcast, the special also streamed on Paramount+ and CBS TVE, where it ranked as the most live-streamed program on the platform Wednesday.
The Kennedy Center Honors also made a splash on social media, where the special drove about 225M potential impressions and 10,000 mentions — up 12% and 25% over last year, respectively.
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