AMAs, CMAs score for ABC

ABC is doing well with its music-award programming this year.

Preliminary Nielsen research has this year's American Music Awards broadcast slightly improving upon last year's numbers, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The fan-voted awards averaged 11.8 million viewers, the show's strongest numbers since 1994.

ABC still lost to Fox for the evening, which had new eps of "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy."

Earlier this month, ABC scored big with the Country Music Assn. Awards. The CMAs, in fact, bested the AMAs, raking in an average of 15.9 million viewers.

But one gripe in the network's post-awards coverage for both:

Neither the CMA nor the AMA websites are showcasing any of the shows' performances. That means if you missed Alicia Keys attempting a live remix of her single "No One" on the AMAs, or Miranda Lambert delivering a scorching take on "Gunpowder and Lead," you missed it.

You can try YouTube for some of the CMA clips, but most of those from the AMAs have been "removed due to a copyright claim for Dick Clark productions." It's a shame, then, there's not more post-show content online, at least not yet.

Check this poll from the CMAs website, in which nearly 30% of voters claim they didn't get a chance to watch the show. That's certainly significant, since those users are actively seeking out more info on the awards after the telecast, and are being left without the best thing the shows have to offer -- live music.

(Photo courtesy www.cmaawards.com)

Comments

[Frankie R.]

I watched all of it but can't say that I loved it...In fact I find the AMAs are basically embarrassing and downright awful...the nominees mainly are just from good to the very worst in the biz...The Grammys are far better and the ultimate award a musical artists can have. Loved seeing one of the awful, cringe-inducing Jonas Bros. trip and fall...what a Miss Universe moment...