TV Basics: Top Awards Shows, Past Five Years - Households

  Rank Program Network Date HH Rating*
  1 Academy Awards ABC 2/29/04 26.0  
  2 Academy Awards ABC 2/27/05 25.4  
  3 Academy Awards ABC 2/25/07 23.8  
  4 Academy Awards ABC 3/5/06 23.1  
  5 Academy Awards ABC 3/23/03 20.4  
  6 Golden Globe Awards NBC 1/25/04 16.9  
  7 Grammy Awards CBS 2/8/04 15.7  
  8 Grammy Awards CBS 2/23/03 14.7  
  9 Golden Globe Awards NBC 1/19/03 13.4  
  10 Golden Globe Awards NBC 1/15/07 13.3  
  11 CMA Awards CBS 11/5/03 12.8  
  12 Golden Globe Awards NBC 1/16/06 12.5  
  13 Emmy Awards CBS 9/18/05 12.4  
  14 Grammy Awards CBS 2/11/07 12.3  
  15 Emmy Awards FOX 9/21/03 11.8  
  16 Grammy Awards CBS 2/13/05 11.6  
  17 CMA Awards CBS 11/9/04 11.5  
  18 Golden Globe Awards NBC 1/16/05 11.3  
  19 CMA Awards CBS 11/15/05 11.1  
  20 Grammy Awards CBS 2/8/06 11.0  
  21 Emmy Awards NBC 8/27/06 10.6  
  22 CMA Awards ABC 11/7/07 10.1  
  23 CMA Awards ABC 11/6/06 10.0  
  24 People's Choice Awards CBS 1/12/03 10.0  
  25 Emmy Awards ABC 9/19/04 9.4  
  26 People's Choice Awards CBS 1/11/04 9.0  
  27 Emmy Awards FOX 9/16/07 8.5  
  28 American Music Awards ABC 1/13/03 8.4  
  29 Miss USA 2004 NBC 4/12/04 8.2  
  30 American Music Awards ABC 11/14/04 7.9  
  31 Miss Universe Pageant NBC 6/3/03 7.9  
  32 ACM Awards CBS 5/21/03 7.8  
  33 People's Choice Awards CBS 1/9/07 7.7  
  34 ACM Awards CBS 5/17/05 7.7  
  35 ACM Awards CBS 5/23/06 7.6  
  36 American Music Awards ABC 11/18/07 7.5  
  37 American Music Awards ABC 11/22/05 7.4  
  38 Miss USA 2003 NBC 3/24/03 7.3  
  39 ACM Awards CBS 5/26/04 7.2  
  40 American Music Awards ABC 11/21/06 7.1  
  41 Miss Universe Pageant NBC 6/1/04 6.9  
  42 People's Choice Awards CBS 1/9/05 6.8  
  43 People's Choice Awards CBS 1/10/06 6.7  
  44 Radio Music Awards NBC 10/27/03 6.6  
  45 Miss America ABC 9/18/04 6.4  
  46 Daytime Emmy Awards ABC 5/16/03 6.3  
  47 Billboard Music Awards FOX 12/10/03 6.2  
  48 ACM Awards CBS 5/15/07 6.1  
  49 Miss Universe Pageant NBC 5/30/05 6.1  
  50 Daytime Emmy Awards CBS 6/15/07 6.0  
             
   
Source: 1/1/03-12/31/07 Nielsen Galaxy Lightning estimates.

*Effective January 2006, numbers Live+SD

Ranked by average audience % (ratings); in the event of a tie, impressions (000's) are used as a tiebreaker.

Programming under 25 minutes excluded

 

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