SHOW'S RATINGS BEST IN 3 YEARS.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer And the ratings winner is: the 57th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. A year after delivering the second-lowest ratings in the awards show's long history, Sunday's night's telecast achieved the highest Emmy viewership levels since 2002 - with ratings rebounding from last year by an impressive 35 percent. The three-hour show, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, drew an average of 18.6 million viewers, according to preliminary numbers released Monday by CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . Final ratings will be announced today. The show's viewership among the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. audience of adults 18-49 was also up by a stellar 30 percent. This year's show had the built-in advantage of being on top-rated CBS. The four major broadcast networks, after a bidding war with HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , agreed in 2002 to pay $52 million to rotate the Emmys through 2010. The now-resurgent ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. was in the rating cellar when it aired last year's Emmy broadcast, which was dominated by such little-seen shows as ``Arrested Development'' and ``Angels in America Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is an award winning play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. It has been made into both a television miniseries of the same name and an opera by Peter Eötvös. .'' Ironically, it was the high nomination count of two ABC hit shows, ``Desperate Housewives'' and ``Lost,'' that increased public interest in this year's awards. Each program won major awards, including Best Drama Series honors for ``Lost'' and Best Actress in a Comedy Series for ``Housewives'' star Felicity Huffman. ABC chose to hold off its season premiere of ``Housewives'' until next Sunday. The ratings sensation had single-handedly been responsible for the shockingly low ratings of this year's Golden Globe Awards, the People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. and the Grammy Awards, which aired against original episodes of ``Housewives.'' Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com |
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