It was all about “The Grammy Awards” on the broadcast networks, with the 57th annual festivities on CBS at a 16.7 rating/26 share in household overnights from 8-11:45 p.m. ET. Comparably, this was six percent below the 17.7/28 for the year-ago telecast (on Sunday 1/26/14 from 8 p.m.-12 a.m. ET)
It was just a lackluster group of nominees, to be honest. And none of the performances were truly hyped, either. It was all around a pretty boring ceremony with not enough good musical performances.