A turnaround in the ratings of a long time awards show is a pretty surprising event. The last time I did a post with the Academy of Country Music Awards ratings (2 years ago), they seemed to be in long term decline. In fact, my sub-head for the post was "A Little Bit Less Country Every Year".
The move to Sunday two years ago seemed to have done the trick though, as ratings have picked up for both of the Sunday telecasts.
TV Ratings for the Academy of Country Music Awards, 1979-2009:
| Household | # of | # of | |||||
| Day | Date | Time | Net | rating | Share | HHlds | Viewers |
| SUN | 4/5/2009* | 8:00PM-11:03PM | CBS | 8.8 | 14 | 10,031,000 | 14,777,000 |
| SUN | 5/18/2008* | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 7.3 | 12 | 8,281,000 | 11,731,000 |
| TUE | 5/15/2007* | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 6.1 | 10 | 6,793,000 | 9,275,000 |
| TUE | 5/23/2006* | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 7.6 | 12 | 8,348,000 | 12,016,000 |
| TUE | 5/17/05 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 7.7 | 12 | 8,477,000 | 11,950,000 |
| WED | 5/26/04 | 8:00PM-11:08PM | CBS | 7.2 | 12 | 7,838,000 | 11,589,000 |
| WED | 5/21/03 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 7.8 | 12 | 8,278,000 | 12,080,000 |
| WED | 5/22/02 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 8.6 | 14 | 9,081,000 | 13,332,000 |
| WED | 5/9/01 | 8:00PM-11:01PM | CBS | 9.4 | 15 | 9,625,000 | 13,864,000 |
| WED | 5/3/00 | 8:00PM-11:02PM | CBS | 9.7 | 16 | 9,815,000 | 14,126,000 |
| WED | 5/5/99 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 10 | 16 | 9,935,000 | 14,797,000 |
| WED | 4/22/98 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 12.1 | 20 | 11,882,000 | 17,272,000 |
| WED | 4/23/97 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 13.1 | 22 | 12,662,000 | 20,097,000 |
| WED | 4/24/96 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 12 | 21 | 11,510,000 | 17,625,000 |
| WED | 5/10/95 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 11.6 | 19 | 11,066,000 | 17,770,000 |
| TUE | 5/3/94 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 13.4 | 21 | 12,623,000 | 19,901,000 |
| TUE | 5/11/93 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 14.3 | 23 | 13,313,000 | 21,579,000 |
| WED | 4/29/92 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 15.9 | 25 | 14,644,000 | 24,047,000 |
| WED | 4/24/91 | 9:00PM-11:01PM | NBC | 15.6 | 26 | 14,520,000 | 23,435,280 |
| WED | 4/25/90 | 9:00PM-11:02PM | NBC | 14.4 | 24 | 13,260,000 | 21,653,580 |
| MON | 4/10/89 | 9:00PM-11:32PM | NBC | 16.4 | 26 | 14,830,000 | 24,677,120 |
| MON | 3/21/88 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 15.9 | 25 | 14,090,000 | 24,178,440 |
| MON | 4/6/87 | 9:00PM-11:01PM | NBC | 18.6 | 28 | 16,260,000 | 27,268,020 |
| MON | 4/14/86 | 9:51PM-11:52PM | NBC | 15.1 | 26 | 12,970,000 | 17,260,000 |
| MON | 5/6/85 | 9:00PM-11:01PM | NBC | 17.2 | 27 | 14,600,000 | 26,820,000 |
| MON | 5/14/84 | 9:00PM-11:01PM | NBC | 18.5 | 30 | 15,500,000 | 25,606,000 |
| MON | 5/9/83 | 9:00PM-11:01PM | NBC | 19.2 | 29 | 15,990,000 | 29,229,720 |
| THU | 4/29/82 | 9:32PM-11:32PM | NBC | 17 | 29 | 13,860,000 | 23,367,960 |
| THU | 4/30/81 | 9:00PM-11:02PM | NBC | 18.8 | 31 | 14,630,000 | 23,773,750 |
| THU | 5/1/80 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 21.6 | 36 | 16,480,000 | 30,900,000 |
| WED | 5/2/79 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | NBC | 20 | 32 | 14,900,000 | 28,965,600 |
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Source: NTI Pocketpieces, Nielsen Audience Composition Reports and Nielsen Galaxy Explorer
First nationally televised Academy of Country Music Awards was 1965.
Copyright 2009 The Nielsen Company
* Live +Same Day DVR viewing, all other years are Live viewing only.
