‘Piers' Draws Largest Audience Since Oprah For Sheen Interview

Highest adults 25-54 demo rating ever

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/1/2011 5:44:12 PM

Piers Morgan's interview with the over-exposed Charlie Sheen Monday night led his CNN program to its largest audience since its premiere episode and highest adults 25-54 rating ever.

Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight drew 1.3 million total viewers at the 9 p.m. hour, and 561,000 in the adults 25-54 demo. The largest audience remains the 2.1 million that tuned in for Piers' inaugural episode, featuring a heavily promoted interview with Oprah Winfrey.

As a point of comparison, Piers had 919,000 total viewers and 235,000 in the demo last Monday Feb. 21.

The live interview with Sheen came together through a series of events that ended with Morgan calling the actor at his home, the host told B&C Tuesday.