Impact of Donald Trump hosting the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors on CBS viewership compared to 2024 (~4.1M)
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Major decline of 10% or more (<3.7M)
48%
Increase of 10% or more (>4.5M)
17%
Small increase of <10% (4.1M–4.5M)
10%
Roughly the same (within ±5%)
16%
Small decline of <10% (3.7M–4.1M)
The Kennedy Center Honors broadcast has seen declining viewership in recent years:
2022: ~5.34M viewers
2023: ~4.52M viewers
2024: ~4.10M viewers
President Donald Trump will host the 2025 broadcast. Trump has suggested his presence could boost ratings, stating that his “kind of political” influence would make viewership “go up.”
This market resolves based on the official Nielsen-reported average total viewers for the 2025 CBS broadcast.
Sources will include Nielsen ratings reported by major outlets (e.g., Deadline, Variety, Hollywood Reporter).
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