2018 Oscars and Grammys lost viewers, ACM Awards gained them

Published April 16, 2018 11:27pm ET



It was a brutal awards show season when it came to ratings, with every major broadcast taking a hit. Except for one show: The Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast on Sunday actually managed to gain viewers.

Though the program saw no improvement in the all-important 18-49 demographic, CBS’s ACM Award broadcast marked a modest increase in total viewers and drew two million more viewers than former FBI director James Comey’s interview on ABC. Deadline compared the numbers:

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