Rankings: Grammys Soar to Second-Greatest Audience Ever The Walking Dead Sets Records

Jennifer Hudson The 54th Annual Grammy Honours obtained its second-greatest rankings ever Sunday because the music business compensated tribute to Whitney Houston, as the midseason premiere from the Walking Dead scared up large amounts too.Browse the Grammys fashion hits and missesThe three-and-a-half-hour broadcast nearly bending last year's viewership having a staggering 39 million audiences - second simply to the 51 million who updated to the 1984 telecast, throughout which Michael Jackson won an archive eight honours.In comparison to last year's ceremony, the show was up 40 % within the grown ups 18-to-49 demo, nabbing a 14.1. The rating may be the greatest since 1990, when Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist (that was later suspended).Grammys: The very best and worst performancesThe surge is probably because of Houston's unpredicted dying on Saturday. Throughout the show, Jennifer Hudson carried out "I'll Always Adore YouInch within the six-time Grammy winner's recognition.On cable, The Walking Dead's winter premiere came 8.a million audiences Up in the 7.3 million who viewed the autumn opener. Additionally, it obtained 5.4 million audiences within the demo and 4.4 million audiences within the grown ups 25-to-54 demo, which makes it the most powerful telecast for just about any drama in fundamental cable history. The series premiere of Kevin Smith's Comic Males adopted the zombie hit with two million audiences along with a 1.3 rating.8 p.m.CBS: 54th Annual Grammy Honours 39 million audiences (14.1 demo rating) [8-11:30 p.m.]ABC: Not so long ago 8.64 million audiences (3.)Fox: The Simpsons 4.3 million audiences (2.) Napoleon Dynamite 3.8 million audiences (1.7)NBC: Dateline 2.05 million (1.6) [7-9 p.m.] 9 p.m.ABC: Desperate Average women 6.3 million audiences (1.7)Fox: Family Guy 5 million audiences (2.5) American Father! 3.5 million audiences (1.7)NBC: Fear Factor 3.7 million audiences (1.5) [9-11 p.m.]10 p.m.ABC: Pan Am 2.7 million (.7)