Grammy Ceremony TV Ratings Rise Over Last Year

LOS ANGELES, CA -- This year's Grammy Awards telecast on CBS drew the largest audience for a non-sports, non-Super Bowl Sunday prime-time program of the 2018-19 television season, according to preliminary figures released by Nielsen on Feb. 11.

Sunday's ceremony from Staples Center averaged 19.9 million viewers, a slight increase from last year when it averaged 19.81 million, the smallest Grammy audience since 2009, according to time-zone-adjusted fast national ratings.

Final national figures are scheduled to be released Tuesday, but aren't expected to change substantially from the preliminary figures.

CBS has said that it plans to release a preliminary out-of-home and digital report this week that will give a much fuller picture of the Grammys total viewership across all platforms, including streaming.

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