The 68th annual Grammys drew an average of 14.4 million viewers on Sunday night, which marked the ceremony’s last time airing on CBS before its upcoming move to ABC.
Measured by Nielsen, that total represents a 6% decrease from the 15.4 million viewers the ceremony drew year before — which was itself down 9% from 2024 — while still ranking as the most-watched awards show since last year’s Oscars hit 19.7 million viewers.
CBS also touts that the Grammys were the “most social” TV program in the last six months with 74.8 million total interactions and 302.5 million total video views.
Airing at 5 p.m. PT, the Grammys were hosted by Trevor Noah for the sixth consecutive year. Variety music critic Chris Willman wrote in his review of the show that Noah remained apolitical, “doing the inoffensive opposite of his ‘Daily Show’ persona” while “celebrating who was in the room, with no edge to any of the recognitions”; at the same time, “there’s something sweet about his ultra-avuncular cheerleading for the artists that may be missed, depending on who ABC lands as his successor next year.” Overall, he wrote, “the tension between the show’s somber and silly moments felt a little difficult to navigate, but that’s a reflection of how a lot of us are torn between the lure of celebratory entertainment-as-usual and a righteous anger, or sadness, over the chaos being wreaked by the federal government in local communities.”
Bad Bunny won the award for album of the year, making headlines for saying “ICE out” and advocating for Latinos in his speech. Kendrick Lamar was the biggest winner of the night, taking home five trophies including record of the year. See the full list of winners here.
The Grammys were produced by Fulwell Entertainment for the Recording Academy. Executive producers included Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor, Jesse Collins and Noah.
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