Grammy Awards Get Lowest Rating Since '95
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From J.Lo to James Brown, Usher to U2, the Grammys had it all this year &#151; except a lot of interested viewers. An estimated 18.8 million people watched Ray Charles' swan song clean up with eight awards Sunday night, a startling 28 percent drop from the 2004 Grammys.
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British pop singer Amy Winehouse,  whose rapid descent from promising newcomer to emaciated junkie  played out in the full glare of the public eye last year, took  home five Grammy Awards on Sunday.
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The Grammy Awards are the music industry's biggest bash, but the event long ago lost the TV popularity race to "American Idol."
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On a night when only one of its prime-time series won an award (James Spader for &quot;The Practice&quot;), the network played host to the lowest-rated Emmy Awards since 1990.
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LOS ANGELES  - When the Grammy Awards telecast bursts into full-throated song on Sunday night, live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, it will mark the awards show's 50th year. But there will be another milestone to celebrate as well -- the Grammys' 35th year on CBS.
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The 59th annual Primetime Emmys and  its farewell salute to &quot;The Sopranos&quot; was a ratings dud,  averaging just over 13 million viewers, the second-lowest  number on record for the awards, Nielsen Media Research  reported on Monday.
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Today (December 7), nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards were announced in Los Angeles. Among those nominated, Kayne West leads with a phenomenal 10 nods, while Alicia Keys and Usher follow with 8 nods a piece.
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The Emmy telecast got tackled by the National Football League, with the ceremony drawing its second-smallest audience on record.
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The Stanley Cup finals have brought record low ratings to NBC for a prime-time program, sports or otherwise.
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As the Hollywood writers' strike threatens to disrupt the 50th annual Grammy telecast, some in the music industry are befuddled, frustrated and even resentful.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the nominees for the Grammy Awards on Thursday, while country outcasts the Dixie Chicks picked up key nods for a defiant tune stemming from critical comments they made about President George W. Bush.
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Without "American Idol" to worry about, the Grammy Awards bounced back strongly in the ratings this year.
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Want a Grammy? Your best bet is being an R&amp;B or hip-hop artist - or dearly departed. The Recording Academy revealed the nominees for the 47th annual Grammy Awards Tuesday, and there were few surprises.
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At a time when recorded music needs all the commercial help and television exposure it can get, the Grammy Awards broadcast retreated too often into memories.
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At the Country Music Awards, the awards presentations are minimized, to make room for performances by old favorites and new ones.
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The Grammys got underway with a classic feel, and Kanye West and Amy Winehouse â two of the nightâs most compelling storylines â were among the early leaders at Sunday nightâs ceremony.
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Whether it was competition  with Tony Soprano&#39;s farewell or some other factor, Sunday  night&#39;s Tony Awards fell to the lowest ratings since at least  1992.