Donald Trump was right when he said TV ratings would tank if "I'm not there"

The Washington Post

“Newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I’m not there,” the former president said near the end of his first year in office in December 2017, “because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes.” After two months of the post-Trump era, viewership and readership has been in decline, with CNN the most deeply affected network. According to Nielsen, CNN has lost 45% of its primetime audience over the past five weeks, while MSNBC saw its viewership decline 26%. Meanwhile, Fox News saw its ratings fall just 6%.