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highplainsdem

(59,669 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2025, 03:05 PM Yesterday

MeidasTouch: JUST IN: CBS's Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. [View all]

Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.

JUST IN: CBSâ€™s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-12-24T19:59:39.445Z

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MeidasTouch: JUST IN: CBS's Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Did they count the 10 people in the live audience? Vinca Yesterday #1

That's awesome! Scrivener7 Yesterday #2

Perhaps mgardener Yesterday #3

Perfect, I hope that he'll get the same low ratings for his funerals. Dave Bowman Yesterday #4

#ETTD W_HAMILTON Yesterday #5

Trump beshits everything Hey Joe Yesterday #6

I expect and demand Kimmel and Colbert tweet something nasty about his low ratings newdeal2 Yesterday #7

Attendance will skyrocket when ... usonian Yesterday #8

You mean to tell me that his MAGA faithful DID NOT tune in to give him HUGE ratings? ProudMNDemocrat Yesterday #9

I used to watch it but this year I passed kimbutgar Yesterday #10

Really? That many watched? moonscape Yesterday #11

Womp womp DinahMoeHum Yesterday #12

trump-hosted Kennedy Center honors just did its "smallest audience ever", roughly half of the previous record low LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #13