The Nielsen company estimated Monday that 19.8 million people watched the Grammys, compared to 26.1 million last year. It was the Grammys’ smallest audience since 19 million watched in 2009. It was a popular theory on Fox News Channel that an “anti-Trump diatribe” was responsible for some viewers staying away. The viewership decline was notable compared to other awards shows recently. Grammy viewership has generally been between 20 and 30 million this past decade, from a high of 39.9 million people who watched in 2012, when the awards took place shortly after Whitney Houston’s death.

Source: National Post January 29, 2018 19:30 UTC