{"id":211319,"date":"2025-09-08T23:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/211319\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T23:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:14:11","slug":"vmas-2025-tv-ratings-surge-on-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/211319\/","title":{"rendered":"VMAs 2025 TV Ratings Surge on CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe audience for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/mtv-vmas-2025-winners-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTV Video Music Awards<\/a>, unsurprisingly, spiked with a move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cbs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cbs_1\" data-tag=\"cbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe broadcast network, airing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_awards_1\" data-tag=\"awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awards<\/a> for the first time, fueled a 42 percent increase in viewers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/vmas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_vmas_1\" data-tag=\"vmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMAs<\/a>. Sunday\u2019s show,\u00a0which also aired on MTV and streamed on Paramount+,\u00a0delivered 5.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen\u2019s earliest-available numbers (that include out-of-home viewing). That\u2019s the most for the show in six years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe 2024 telecast, including the pre-show and encore airings, averaged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/2024-mtv-vmas-tv-ratings-1236000228\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.09 million viewers<\/a> on MTV and 11 other Paramount cable outlets. (The directly comparable number here is 3.91 million viewers, according to Paramount; final adjustments for the \u201825 telecast to follow.) CBS has a much wider reach than MTV does, as it\u2019s available (at least in theory) to anyone with a TV \u2014\u00a0some 125 million homes in the United States \u2014\u00a0and means to capture the broadcast signal. MTV, by contrast, is available in only about half as many households.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe 2025 Video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/music\/\" id=\"auto-tag_music_1\" data-tag=\"music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music<\/a> Awards were the most-watched entertainment special on CBS since Feb. 2\u2019s Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLast night\u2019s VMAs had some serious competition from an all-time great Sunday Night Football game on NBC. The close out the NFL\u2019s opening weekend of 2025, the Buffalo Bills came from behind to defeat the Baltimore Ravens as time expired. Buffalo erased a 15-point deficit in the final 4:05, winning 41-40 at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLady Gaga won the award for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-news\/mtv-vmas-2025-recap-lady-gaga-wins-1236364433\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artist of the year<\/a> along with three other awards Sunday. Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter each took home three honors; Grande\u2019s \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d won video of the year, and Carpenter\u2019s Short n\u2019 Sweet took album of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe 2025 VMAs were hosted by LL Cool J, who has quite a history with CBS and its sister cable channels, which were formerly (twice) under the Viacom umbrella. LL was a cast member on CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles\u00a0and\u00a0NCIS: Hawai\u02bbi, and he hosted Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network. As a rapper, he was a staple on MTV and was named among VH1\u2019s \u201c100 Greatest Artists Of All Time\u201d list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The audience for the MTV Video Music Awards, unsurprisingly, spiked with a move to CBS. 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