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Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Anderson Cooper participate in the March 29 CNN town hall, in Milwaukee. | AP Photo CNN GOP town hall becomes most-watched this cycle

CNN's Republican town hall Tuesday night was the most watched town hall of this election cycle, averaging more than 3.2 million viewers, including more than a million in the adults 25-54 demographic.

CNN handily topped both Fox News and MSNBC for the night, in both total and demo viewers, even at 10 p.m. , when Sean Hannity interviewed Donald Trump, while CNN interviewed John Kasich. At 8 PM, "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News had a guest host, Eric Bolling.

Still, Trump was clearly the man viewers wanted to see, as the 9 p.m. hour on CNN was by far the most-viewed of the night, averaging more than 4 million viewers, including more than 1.3 million adults ages 25-54. The 8 p.m. hour on CNN (featuring Ted Cruz) averaged 2.7 million viewers, while the 10 p.m. average (featuring Kasich) was just shy of 3 million viewers, meaning that more than 1 million people tuned in when Trump took the stage, and around a million tuned out when he left.