Monday, February 14, 2011
Most Watched Grammy Show in 10 Years
The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards was up over last year’s telecast, which aired January 31, for its best total viewer tune-in since 2001.
The show — which aired from 8-11:30 p.m. on CBS — was watched by 26.5 million viewers, according to preliminary numbers from Nielsen. That’s a 3 percent uptick compared to last year’s Grammys, which pulled in 25.8 million viewers and another high note for the recording industry kudo-cast.
The telecast, which was chock full of performances with mercifully short acceptance speeches, posted a 14.8 rating in households with a 9.9 rating among the 18-49 demographic and a 9.1 rating in the 18-34 demo for year-over-year increases of 1 percent and 4 percent, respectively.
The Grammys also may have juiced tune-in for CBS News’ 60 Minutes, which featured Anderson Cooper interviewing Grammy-winning Lady Gaga. The show won the 7 p.m. hour in the demo and among total viewers, notching a 2.1 rating with 12.2 million viewers overall.
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