{"id":114936,"date":"2017-08-29T23:53:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T03:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=114936"},"modified":"2017-08-29T23:53:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T03:53:05","slug":"viewership-down-for-mtvs-video-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/29\/viewership-down-for-mtvs-video-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Viewership down for MTV’s Video Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Audiences for awards shows in general are down this year, and MTV had the misfortune of competing with the season finale of HBO’s \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d (Photo <\/a>by Video Music Awards\/FACEBOOK<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK\u2014 No longer the event it was when Eminem ruled the charts, the MTV Video Music Awards tallied 5.68 million viewers across 10 different networks on Sunday for a show dominated by Kendrick Lamar’s coronation and the debut of Taylor Swift’s new video.<\/p>\n

That’s down from the 6.5 million people who watched the VMAs in 2016, and the 9.8 million who watched the year before, the Nielsen company said. In 2002, back when the show was seen only on MTV, the event drew 11.9 million viewers.<\/p>\n

Audiences for awards shows in general are down this year, and MTV had the misfortune of competing with the season finale of HBO’s \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d But it’s undeniable that MTV’s once-outrageous awards show is no longer the fodder for water cooler conversation that it once was.<\/p>\n

MTV was encouraged by one finding in the ratings: it was able to beat \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d among teenagers.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d was dominant. The 12.07 million people who saw the show Sunday night was a record for the series, even if it likely represented only a fraction of its viewership. If you add in people who stream the show online or watch on a time-delayed basis, the average episode of \u201cGOT\u201d this season has been watched by 30.6 million people, according to HBO.<\/p>\n

NBC won the week in prime time, averaging 5.5 million viewers. CBS had 4.2 million, ABC had 3.1 million, Fox had 2.4 million, Telemundo had 1.5 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 890,000.<\/p>\n

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable channel, averaging 2.4 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.8 million, USA had 1.62 million, HGTV had 1.4 million and CNN had 1.37 million.<\/p>\n

ABC’s \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.9 million viewers. NBC’s \u201cNightly News\u201d was second with 7.7 million and the \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d had 5.8 million.<\/p>\n

For the week of Aug. 21-27, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: \u201cAmerica’s Got Talent\u201d (Tuesday), NBC, 12.59 million; \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d HBO, 12.07 million; \u201cAmerica’s Got Talent\u201d (Wednesday), NBC, 10.84 million; NFL Exhibition Football: San Francisco at Minnesota, NBC, 7.32 million; \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d CBS, 7.16 million; \u201cBig Brother\u201d (Sunday), CBS, 6.28 million; \u201cNFL Pre-Game Show,\u201d NBC, 6.25 million. \u201cThe Big Bang Theory,\u201d CBS, 6.14 million; \u201cBig Brother\u201d (Wednesday), CBS, 6.11 million; \u201cBig Brother\u201d (Thursday), CBS, 6.03 million.<\/p>\n

ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros.\u00a0Entertainment\u00a0and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.<\/p>\n

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