ONTD

10:16 am - 11/19/2012

American Music Awards Sink to New Low as Football Dominates



The American Music Awards took a big hit Sunday night. After pulling a steady (and historically low) 4.3 rating among adults 18-49 for the past two years, ABC's 2012 broadcast of the music kudos was down over 20 percent.




Falling shy of Sunday Night Football, the three-hour telecast averaged a 3.4 rating among adults 18-49 and 9.47 million viewers according to fast affiliate numbers. That's nearly a point shy of last year's key demo score and a far cry from 2009's healthy 5.5 adults rating. In total viewers, it was down from last year's 12.0 million to just 9.47 million.



With a new episode of America's Funniest Home Videos (1.7 adults rating) at 7 p.m., ABC averaged a 2.9 rating among 18-49-ers and 8.97 million viewers for the night.
Leading the pack by all measures, NBC's Sunday Night Football pulled a 6.0 rating among adults 18-49. The game, the Baltimore Ravens at the Pittsburgh Steelers, followed a 90-minute Football Night in America (3.0 adults rating) -- which gave NBC a 4.9 rating with adults 18-49 and 13.3 million viewers for the night.

Photobucket

CBS' Sunday block had an early advantage (and tentative scores) after nearly an hour's worth of NFL overrun led into 60 Minutes (2.8 rating with adults 18-49). The Amazing Race followed with a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49, before new episodes of The Good Wife (1.6 adults) and The Mentalist (not yet available). The network's nightly average, subject to change, brought a 3.0 adults rating and 12.59 million viewers.
Fox had an encore of Bob's Burgers (1.3 adults rating), followed by new outings of The Cleveland Show (down 16 percent to a 1.6 adults), The Simpsons (down just a tenth of a point to a 2.5 adults), Bob's Burgers (a steady 1.8 adults), Family Guy (even 2.5 adults) and American Dad (up 11 percent to a 2.0 adults). Fox averaged a 2.9 rating among 18-49-ers and 4.2 million viewers.
Univision pulled a 1.2 rating with adults 18-49.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-american-music-awards-392006
sandrajane 19th-Nov-2012 06:57 pm (UTC)
The song where she is straining to hit the notes? What's supposed to be so great about that? Last night she could barely do it.
kassieland 19th-Nov-2012 07:05 pm (UTC)
What's so great about that? Well, I like her. You don't. And you don't have to. Get the hint.
sandrajane 19th-Nov-2012 07:16 pm (UTC)
Who said I didn't like Christina? You stans are so defensive.

She is straining on JAF and sounded a hot mess last night. Couldn't even get through Army of Me and all she did was walk ten feet from one spot to the next. Christina's not as bad as Alicia and her straining on Girl On Fire (I think she's more singing outside her range), but I don't get why neither one of them dials it back in the studio because they can't do it live.
kassieland 19th-Nov-2012 07:22 pm (UTC)
I definitely think she's having some kind of trouble with her voice. If she doesn't oversing JAF too much, she'll be fine. Hopefully they deliver.
sandrajane 19th-Nov-2012 07:37 pm (UTC)
Yeah, her voice is not where it used to be. But she just has bad vocal habits. Doesn't Christina claim she's never had vocal lessons? I think it's time for her to start. Her breath control is shot.

This page was loaded May 23rd 2013, 5:36 am GMT.