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2025 Tony Awards Draw Show’s Best TV Ratings in 6 Years: Breaking Down the Uptick


The 2025 Tony Awards on CBS delivered its largest broadcast audience since 2019 and its largest livestreaming audience ever on Paramount+.

The 78th annual Tony Awards on CBS on Sunday (June 8) delivered its largest broadcast audience since 2019 (when James Corden hosted), up 38% year-over-year, and its largest livestreaming audience ever on Paramount+, up 208% year-over-year. Erivo is coming off the success of Wicked, the top-grossing film adaptation of a Broadway musical in history. Partly because the show books performances from the nominees for best revival of a musical, the show was studded with songs that many viewers were familiar with, including Scherzinger’s performance of “As If We Never Said Goodbye” from Sunset Blvd.

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