A Little Bit Less Country Every Year
As with many big television events, both sports and awards shows, the viewership of the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards show on Sunday evening has been on a long-term steady decline.
TV Ratings for the Academy of Country Music Awards, 1979-2007:
|
Year |
Viewers |
Network |
| 1979 | 28.97 | NBC |
| 1980 | 30.90 | NBC |
| 1981 | 23.77 | NBC |
| 1982 | 23.37 | NBC |
| 1983 | 29.23 | NBC |
| 1984 | 25.61 | NBC |
| 1985 | 26.82 | NBC |
| 1986 | 17.26 | NBC |
| 1987 | 27.27 | NBC |
| 1988 | 24.18 | NBC |
| 1989 | 24.68 | NBC |
| 1990 | 21.65 | NBC |
| 1991 | 23.44 | NBC |
| 1992 | 24.05 | NBC |
| 1993 | 21.58 | NBC |
| 1994 | 19.90 | NBC |
| 1995 | 17.77 | NBC |
| 1996 | 17.63 | NBC |
| 1997 | 20.10 | NBC |
| 1998 | 17.27 | CBS |
| 1999 | 14.80 | CBS |
| 2000 | 14.13 | CBS |
| 2001 | 13.86 | CBS |
| 2002 | 13.33 | CBS |
| 2003 | 12.08 | CBS |
| 2004 | 11.59 | CBS |
| 2005 | 11.95 | CBS |
| 2006 | 12.02 | CBS |
| 2007 | 9.28 | CBS |
Data from 2006 & 2007 is Live+SD viewing, previous year’s data is Live viewing.
The telecast was 9-11pm from 1979-1992, and 8-11pm from 1993-2007.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I think you got the networks switched. It's been on CBS for quite awhile now.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Sandy, mistakes were made, and for the life of me I'm not sure how it happened
Regardless, all is now corrected, thanks.