Like most awards shows, the Tony Awards TV ratings are long past their prime, but seem to have settled into an average viewership range between six and eight million viewers over the past decade.
The 2010 Tony Awards average viewership of 7.00 million was down 6% from 2009, for more detail click here.
We'll have the 2010 Tony Awards ratings posted as soon as we see them on Monday, but until then, take a trip down memory lane and check out the history of Tony Awards TV ratings from past years.
Tony Awards TV Ratings 1967-2009:
| Household | Number of | Number of | |||||
| Day | Date | Telecast Time | Net | rating | Share | Homes | Viewers |
| SUN | 6/07/2009* | 8:00PM-11:05PM | CBS | 4.8 | 8 | 5,532,000 | 7,417,000 |
| SUN | 6/15/2008* | 8:00PM-11:02PM | CBS | 4.4 | 8 | 4,958,000 | 6,268,000 |
| SUN | 6/10/2007* | 8:00PM-11:01PM | CBS | 4.2 | 7 | 4,613,000 | 5,704,000 |
| SUN | 6/11/2006* | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 5.2 | 9 | 5,722,000 | 7,716,000 |
| SUN | 6/5/05 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 4.5 | 8 | 4,944,000 | 6,503,000 |
| SUN | 6/6/04 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 4.6 | 8 | 4,975,000 | 6,464,000 |
| SUN | 6/8/03 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 5.4 | 9 | 5,771,000 | 7,859,000 |
| SUN | 6/2/02 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 5.6 | 9 | 5,900,000 | 7,983,000 |
| SUN | 6/3/01 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 6.3 | 10 | 6,467,000 | 8,935,000 |
| SUN | 6/4/00 | 9:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 6.2 | 10 | 6,221,000 | 8,504,000 |
| SUN | 6/6/99 | 9.00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 7.0 | 12 | 6,911,000 | 9,155,000 |
| SUN | 6/7/98 | 9.00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 8.4 | 14 | 8,232,000 | 11,748,000 |
| SUN | 6/1/97 | 9.00PM-11:01PM | CBS | 9.6 | 16 | 9,267,000 | 12,967,000 |
| SUN | 6/2/96 | 9.00PM-11.02PM | CBS | 6.5 | 11 | 6,273,000 | 8,750,000 |
| SUN | 6/4/95 | 9.00PM-11.00PM | CBS | 7.7 | 14 | 7,346,000 | 10,226,000 |
| SUN | 6/12/94 | 9.00PM-11.06PM | CBS | 7.7 | 14 | 7,253,000 | 10,475,000 |
| SUN | 6/6/93 | 9.00PM-11.05PM | CBS | 8.7 | 15 | 8,100,000 | 11,118,000 |
| SUN | 5/31/92 | 9.00PM-11.08PM | CBS | 8.9 | 16 | 8,197,000 | 11,721,000 |
| SUN | 6/2/91 | 9.00PM-11.20PM | CBS | 8.9 | 16 | 8,290,000 | 12,227,750 |
| SUN | 6/3/90 | 9.00PM-11.22PM | CBS | 7.6 | 13 | 7,000,000 | 10,120,000 |
| SUN | 6/4/89 | 9.00PM-11.19PM | CBS | 9.3 | 16 | 8,410,000 | 12,329,060 |
| SUN | 6/5/88 | 9.00PM-11.21PM | CBS | 9.5 | 17 | 8,420,000 | 12,099,540 |
| SUN | 6/7/87 | 9.00PM-11.37PM | CBS | 11.9 | 23 | 10,400,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/1/86 | 9.00PM-11.22PM | CBS | 12.6 | 22 | 10,820,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/2/85 | 9.00PM-11.28PM | CBS | 11.9 | 21 | 10,100,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/3/84 | 9.00PM-11.22PM | CBS | 12.3 | 21 | 10,310,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/5/83 | 9.00PM-11.27PM | CBS | 13.2 | 23 | 11,000,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/6/82 | 9.00PM-11.13PM | CBS | 15.7 | 27 | 12,800,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/7/81 | 9.00PM-11.26PM | CBS | 14.4 | 25 | 11,200,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/8/80 | 9.30PM-11.24PM | CBS | 18.2 | 32 | 13,890,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/3/79 | 9.30PM-11.15PM | CBS | 18.1 | 32 | 13,480,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/4/78 | 9.30PM-11.10PM | CBS | 15.0 | 27 | 10,940,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 6/5/77 | 9.00PM-11.38PM | ABC | 11.3 | 24 | 8,050,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 4/18/76 | 9.00PM-11.35PM | ABC | 12.6 | 25 | 8,770,000 | 16,066,640 |
| SUN | 4/20/75 | 8.30PM-10.30PM | ABC | 15.1 | 24 | 10,340,000 | 17,939,900 |
| SUN | 4/21/74 | 9.00PM-12.00AM | ABC | 17.8 | 34 | 11,780,000 | 20,026,000 |
| SUN | 3/25/73 | 9:00PM-11:16PM | ABC | 14.9 | 25 | 9,660,000 | Not Available |
| 4/23/72 | Not Available | ABC | Not Available | Not Available | |||
| SUN | 3/28/71 | 9:00PM- 11:20PM | ABC | 19.3 | 33 | 11,600,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 4/19/70 | 10:00PM- 11:45PM | NBC | 19.6 | 41 | 11,470,000 | Not Available |
| SUN | 4/20/69 | 10:00PM-12:10AM | NBC | 14.1 | 34 | 8,040,000 | Not Available |
| 4/24/68 | Not Available | NBC | Not Available | Not Available | |||
| SUN | 3/26/67 | 9:30PM- 10:40PM | ABC | 15.4 | 27.9 | 8,450,000 | Not Available |
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Notes: 1967 was first nationally telecast Tony Award ceremony. The ceremonies were broadcast over WOR radio and the Mutual network.
In 1956 the ceremony was first televised on DuMont's Channel 5.
Source: NTI Pocketpieces, Nielsen Audience Composition Reports and Nielsen Galaxy Explorer
Copyright 2010 The Nielsen Company
* Live +Same Day Viewing Estimates On This Page Include DVR Playback On The Same Day, Defined As 3AM-3AM
