Ellen Gray in Hollywood

Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:23 PM |

Post-Whitney Grammys draws massive audience

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A Grammy Awards show fueled by tributes to Whitney Houston drew monster ratings Sunday night, with CBS, citing preliminary Nielsens reporting the largest audience for the show since 1984 and the second-highest viewership for the show ever. (According to Entertainment Weekly, that's a 44 percent increase from last year.)

The network said that preliminary reports indicated that the show drew more than 39 million viewers between 8 and 11 p.m.

Posted by Ellen Gray @ 12:23 PM Permalink | 3 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:55 PM, 02/13/2012

I think we need to have a 1 year ban on all music videos and stage shows. See if these 'artists' are still selling music next year if they can only be heard.

— JusWonderin

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:11 PM, 02/13/2012

When is Jay-Z going to take out Chris Brown like he promised.....

— elfman

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:43 AM, 02/14/2012

What were the other 250 million people viewing? Certainly not this filth.

— Public1

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About Ellen Gray

As the TV critic for the Philadelphia Daily News, I've always believed my job is less about thumbs -- up or down -- and more about the conversation. Because the more choices we have, the fewer people in our lives know what we're talking about when we say, "Did you see that?" And that's when television really starts to get interesting. So let's talk. From Jan. 5-16, I'm in Pasadena, Calif., for the Television Critics Association's winter meetings. Check here for updates or you can follow me on Twitter: @elgray Want to meet the readers who won this fall's Everybody's a Critic contest? They'll be weighing in from time to time all season.