Reading the mainstream media outlets yesterday you would’ve thought that the Grammys were the only thing that anybody cared about. I didn’t tune in for a second:
Grammy Ratings Fall From 2017 As Politics Dominate Music’s Biggest Night – Deadline
http://deadline.com/2018/01/grammy-ratings-kendrick-lamar-hillary-clinton-bruno-mars-james-corden-cbs-1202272416/UPDATE, 8:40 AM: The final numbers won’t be in until later but it is not looking like power chords for last night’s Grammy Awards in the ratings.
Fast affiliate results have the James Corden fronted 60th annual biggest night in music coming in with a 5.4/19 rating among adults 18-49 and 17.64 million viewers between 7:30 – 11 PM ET. That means that last night’s show fell 26% in the key demo from the fast affiliates of the February 12, 2017 59th Grammys. Viewershipwise, the 60th Grammys shed over 5 million sets of eardrums from last year for what was a 23% drop
