CNN Tonight with Don Lemon had a big month. Not only did he get a new anchor desk, he got his name plastered on the walls of the set… and, his show had tremendous growth.
According to the network’s ratings release, Lemon’s show saw 107% growth in the demo, which is the most primetime growth across all cable news networks. In total viewers, CNN Tonight saw double-digit growth and was up an impressive 86%.
For the month of May, Lemon topped MSNBC’s 10pm ET programming in both the demo and total viewers: 253,000 demo vs 121,000; and 639,000 total vs 437,000.