That is down from the 1,760,000 who watched the Grammys live one year earlier on City. Keep in mind that with Live+7 and even 30 day playback and digital data, those totals will both swell much higher.
Despite appearances from Beyonce (who won album of the year), The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and even Diane Ross, ratings were down year-to-year stateside as well. According to Nielsen, CBS drew an overnight, estimated 15,4 million Sunday, compared to 16.9 million the year before.
In Canada, there wasn’t as ton of competitionSunday among linear options in prime. It was a quiet night sports-wise (Prime Video had hockey). CTV’s seven year old “Black Panther” movie barely put a dent in the Grammys with 293,000 viewers according to overnight estimates. Global finally ran that terrific, two-hour Ladies and Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music special directed by Questlove and Oz Rodriguez. Guess most had already seen it as it drew just 244,000 live viewers Monday night.
