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“Do I need it or not?”

With increased competition and a general downward trend in live viewing, television specials tend to feel, well, less special with each passing year. There are still quite a few annual must-see live-TV hours — and no, we’re not even talking about sports (for this one).  

From the Oscars to the Emmys and everything toward the top, TheWrap ranked the 10 highest-rated broadcast-television entertainment specials of 2019. All numbers in this story come from Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data set and measures adults 18-49, the demographic most sought after by advertisers on entertainment programming.  

Thanks to ABC’s “The Little Mermaid Live,” we’ve got a musical on the list again this year. We declined to include the Oscars red carpet half-hours this time around, as they would bump a few standalone specials from the Top 10.  

  • Rank: 10  
    Special: American Music Awards  
    Date: Nov. 24, 2019  
    Net: ABC  
    18-49 rating: 1.72  

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  • Rank: 9  
    Special: “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family/The Jeffersons”  
    Date: May 22, 2019  
    Net: ABC  
    18-49 rating: 1.74  

    ABC

  • Rank: 8  
    Special: Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
    Date: Nov. 28, 2019  
    Net: CBS  
    18-49 rating: 1.78  

    CBS

  • Rank: 7  
    Special: Country Music Awards  
    Date: Nov. 13, 2019  
    Net: ABC  
    18-49 rating: 1.96  

    Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images

  • Rank: 6  
    Special: Billboard Music Awards  
    Date: May 1, 2019  
    Net: NBC  
    18-49 rating: 2.08  

    Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp

  • Rank: 5  
    Special: “Little Mermaid Live!”  
    Date: Nov. 5, 2019  
    Net: ABC  
    18-49 rating: 2.60  

    ABC/Mitch Haaseth

  • Rank: 4  
    Special: Golden Globes  
    Date: Jan. 6, 2019  
    Net: NBC  
    18-49 rating: 5.27  

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  • Rank: 3  
    Special: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade  
    Date: Nov. 28, 2019  
    Net: NBC  
    18-49 rating: 5.49  

    Peter Kramer/NBC

  • Rank: 2  
    Special: Grammys  
    Date: Feb. 10, 2019  
    Net: CBS  
    18-49 rating: 5.61  

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  • Rank: 1  
    Special: Oscars  
    Date: Feb. 24, 2019  
    Net: ABC  
    18-49 rating: 7.70  

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    • The Emmys missed the cut this year, but the rest of these did not

    With increased competition and a general downward trend in live viewing, television specials tend to feel, well, less special with each passing year. There are still quite a few annual must-see live-TV hours — and no, we’re not even talking about sports (for this one).  

    From the Oscars to the Emmys and everything toward the top, TheWrap ranked the 10 highest-rated broadcast-television entertainment specials of 2019. All numbers in this story come from Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data set and measures adults 18-49, the demographic most sought after by advertisers on entertainment programming.  

    Thanks to ABC’s “The Little Mermaid Live,” we’ve got a musical on the list again this year. We declined to include the Oscars red carpet half-hours this time around, as they would bump a few standalone specials from the Top 10.  

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