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The charismatic ratings for nan 48th Annual Kennedy Center Honors are in, and nan Dec. 23 telecast averaged 3.01 cardinal viewers connected CBS, according to Nielsen Live + Same Day Panel + Big Data.
That is an all-time debased assemblage for nan yearly special, down from 4.1M Live+Same Day viewers past twelvemonth erstwhile it aired connected a Sunday pinch a shot and 60 Minutes lead-in. This year, nan arena was broadcast connected a Tuesday.
Established successful 1978, nan Kennedy Center Honors, which admit “individuals whose unsocial contributions person shaped our world,” honored Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, KISS, George Strait, and Gloria Gaynor astatine nan ceremony, which for nan first clip ever was hosted by a sitting U.S. President successful Trump who antecedently headlined nan NBC reality bid The Apprentice.
“At nan petition of nan Board, and conscionable astir everybody other successful America, I americium hosting nan event,” he wrote connected Truth Social past week. “Tell maine what you deliberation of my ‘Master of Ceremony’ abilities. If really good, would you for illustration maine to time off nan Presidency successful bid to make ‘hosting’ a afloat clip job?”
The Kennedy Center Honors were held amid a bid of arguable moves surrounding nan Kennedy Center since Trump returned to agency successful January, including replacing astir members of nan Board of Trustees appointed by his Democratic predecessors, Trump becoming Chairman and, astir recently, nan sanction alteration of nan memorial to The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for nan Performing Arts. They person triggered a drawstring of cancellations by scheduled performances, astir precocious this week.
