Grammys viewership plunges to an all-time low

Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner
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The ratings for the 2021 Grammy Awards won't exactly be music to CBS' ears.

The Grammys, which aired Sunday on CBS, drew an average of just 8.8 million viewers, The Los Angeles Times reports. That's easily the awards show's smallest audience ever, and down about 10 million viewers from 2020's ceremony, The Wrap notes. The previous smallest Grammys audience of all time was 17 million viewers in 2006, according to the Times.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.