‘The Grammy Awards’ on CBS on Par with Year-Ago Overnight Tally

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 13.9/23, ABC: 2.6/ 4, NBC: 2.0/ 3, Fox: 1.0/.2

Note: Comparisons to the year-ago evening are excluded because “The Grammys” aired on a Monday.

Ratings Breakdown:
It was all about “The 59th Annual Grammy Awards,” hosted by James Corden, on CBS, with the live musical extravaganza averaging an estimated 16.0 rating/26 share in the household overnights from 8-11:45 p.m. ET. Results for any live event, of course, are always estimated. Comparably, this was almost identical to the 16.1/25 in the overnights for the year-ago telecast on CBS on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, which translated into 24.95 million viewers and a 7.7 rating/24 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data from Nielsen. That almost 25-million viewer tally last year was the smallest audience for “The Grammys” since 2009.

Stay tuned for updates on the “Grammy” ratings throughout the day.

Elsewhere, only Fox countered with originals and that was for its 8-10 p.m. animated combination of “The Simpsons” (#4: 1.5/ 2), “Son of Zorn” (#4: 1.0/ 1), “Family Guy” (#4: 1.3/ 2) and “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 1.1/ 2). ABC and NBC ducked “The Grammys” with encore telecasts of theatricals “The Blind Side” (2.4/ 4) and “The Fast & the Furious 6” (1.5/ 2) from 8-11 p.m.

What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, Feb. 12:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 3.3/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (Grammy Night): 6.1/11 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline” (R): 3.5/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “Son of Zorn” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 3.1/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Grammy Red Carpet Live”: 7.1/12 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline” (R): 3.6/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – Movie: “The Blind Side” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#2)
CBS – “59th Annual Grammy Awards”: 15.5/25 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Fast & Furious 6” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 1.5/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – Movie: “The Blind Side” (R): 2.2/ 3 (#2)
CBS – “59th Annual Grammy Awards”: 16.3/26 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Fast & Furious 6” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#3)
Fox – “Son of Zorn”: 1.0/ 1 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – Movie: “The Blind Side” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “59th Annual Grammy Awards”: 16.9/26 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Fast & Furious 6” (R): 1.5/ 2 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – Movie: “The Blind Side” (R): 2.6/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “59th Annual Grammy Awards”: 16.7/26 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Fast & Furious 6” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – Movie: “The Blind Side” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “59th Annual Grammy Awards”: 16.6/27 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Fast & Furious 6” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – Movie: “The Blind Side” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “59th Annual Grammy Awards”: 16.0/27 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Fast & Furious 6” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research