CNN’s “This Morning” Show Ratings Jumped 5% Without Don Lemon

Don Lemon She was notable absent from Tuesday, Friday, and Monday’s episodes. CNN This Morning After being expelled from the show due to his “women in their prime” Comments about the Republican presidential candidate Nikki HaleyThursday’s age

While the long-time host was “undergoing” treatment,Formal trainingThe show saw a rise in viewers, not a decrease in popularity.

According to Samba TVCNN This Morning reached 617,000 households in the first day without Lemon, rising to 678,000 by the second episode. The viewership reached 709,000 households on the following day.

“Following the backlash from his remarks on presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s age,” Dallas Lawrence, senior vice president of Samba TV, stated that he spoke on behalf of the New York Post, “Lemon’s two-day absence from the studio actually appears to have boosted the network’s average ratings.”

Lawrence crunched the numbers and revealed that “average viewership the two days following his comments was up 5 percent compared to the average daily viewership the week before.” 

Lemon’s comments provoked calls for the network terminate his contract. Some female staff threatened to quit if Lemon wasn’t fired. On Wednesday, however, Lemon returned to the airwaves and no walkouts were reported.

Lemon apologised via Twitter once more for his comments, before rejoining his co-hosts in the morning.

“I appreciate the opportunity to be back,” He stated. “To my network, my colleagues and our incredible audience — I’m sorry. I’ve heard you, I’m learning from you, and I’m committed to doing better. See you soon.”

Lemon was criticized for his apology. Many suggested that he should apologize to Nikki Haley.

Last Thursday’s episode saw Haley respond to Lemon’s comments about older politicians being required to prove their mental ability. Lemon suggested that she wasn’t “in her prime” Continue reading.

“Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime, sorry,” Lemon. “When a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s, and 30s, and maybe 40s.”

“Prime for what?” Poppy Harlow was the cohost.

“It depends,” He went on. “If you Google ‘when is a woman in her prime,’ it will say 20s, 30s, and 40s. I don’t– I’m not saying I agree with that, so I think she has to be careful about saying that politicians aren’t in their prime and need to be.”

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