Grammy Awards ratings are music to CBS' ears
Created: Feb 03, 2010 10:00 AM
Lil Wayne performs at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammys have made sweet music in the ratings, with the show's biggest TV audience in six years.
Preliminary Nielsen figures on Monday show the CBS broadcast attracted 25.8 million viewers. That would be the annual music award show's highest ratings since 2004.
"The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards" logged a year-to-year viewer boost of more than a third and dominated network rivals Sunday night.
ABC took the runner-up position for the evening. It beat out the third-place Fox network with 9.1 million versus 4.3 million viewers, respectively.
Final Nielsen ratings figures were expected yesterday.
(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Slash, left, and Jamie Foxx perform at the Grammy Awards.
(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Musician Lady Gaga poses backstage with her awards for Best Dance Recording and Best Electronic Dance Album at the Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Singer Rihanna, centre, exits the the Grammy Awards.
