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Check it out: CNN and marijuana

I haven’t had a chance to watch CNN’s marijuana programming yet, but it looks like the station has been putting together some interesting videos on the topic.

The station sent me a press release and some links to “Weed 3: The Marijuana Revolution” and the original series “High Profits.”

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Episodes of “High Profits” are free to watch online here (the playlist starts on episode 1):

High Profits: Cannabis meets capitalism

The other program, “Weed 3″ with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, is only available to CNN and CNN Go subscribers here: http://www.cnn.com/go/?sessionToken=OTM8GB5t1Lx1vHiKkgJyTpk9r

Also check out John Stewart talking about CNN’s pot programming in this story on the Huffington Post: Jon Stewart Calls Out ‘Total Narc’ Chris Christie For Hypocrisy On Marijuana

The press release, touting the success of the shows, is below.

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Press release: CNN’S DR. SANJAY GUPTA REPORTS – WEED 3: THE MARIJUANA REVOLUTION AND CNN’S NEW ORIGINAL SERIES HIGH PROFITS DEBUT TO STRONG RATINGS LAST NIGHT

According to Nielsen Fast National Data, the premiere of CNN’s Weed 3: The Marijuana Revolution reported by Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the new CNN Original Series High Profits both debuted as the #1 programs in cable news in their time periods last night among the demo 25-54 and 18-34 ratings.

At 9 p.m., Weed 3 averaged 299k in the demo 25-54 rating, outperforming the combined delivery of Fox News and MSNBC. It easily topped Fox News’ 188k by +59% and MSNBC’s 98k by +205%. Among younger viewers (18-34), CNN averaged 80k, MSNBC posted 63k and Fox News trailed way behind with 28k. Compared to the prior four Sundays, CNN was up the most in cable news in the hour among adults 25-54 – increasing +32%, while Fox grew +29% and MSNBC was down -41%.

At 10 p.m., the first episode of CNN’s new eight part docu-series High Profits, about a business-minded couple with a plan to franchise marijuana, also debuted at #1 across cable news last night. Among adults 25-54, High Profits averaged 284k, +39% more than Fox News’ 205k and +147% higher than MSNBC’s 115k.

Among younger viewers (18-34), CNN’s Original Series High Profits outperformed the combined delivery of Fox News and MSNBC. It posted 132k, a whopping +1367% advantage over Fox News’ 9k and a +94% lead over MSNBC’s 68k. Compared to the prior four Sundays, High Profits was up +64% among adults 25-54, the most growth in cable news in the time period. Of the 18 CNN Original Series season premieres to-date, High Profits was the 2nd highest-rated in P18-34 (after the Somebody’s Gotta Do It Season 1 premiere).

High Profits continues next Sunday at 10pm, ET on CNN.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live+SD data. Fast National data for 4/19/15 is time period based, while historical data is program based.