2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread — Page 23

It's crazy to see how much the Tony ratings have declined over the years. This is the way they talked about them in 2003 according to the NYtimes. Now 4.85 million seems good, but that's still a 40% decline from 22 years ago:

"[In 2003] Despite attempts to attract viewers to the Tonys broadcast by using more celebrity presenters, ratings were about the same as last year's record low, according to an early tally by the Nielsen Media Research. It showed that 7.95 million households were tuned in to the show, slightly down from last year's count of 7.98 million. The broadcast has drawn low ratings for many years,"

binau said: "It's crazy to see how much the Tony ratings have declined over the years. This is the way they talked about them in 2003 according to the NYtimes. Now 4.85 million seems good, but that's still a 40% decline from 22 years ago:

"[In 2003] Despite attempts to attract viewers to the Tonys broadcast by using more celebrity presenters, ratings were about the same as last year's record low, according to an early tally by the Nielsen Media Research. It showed that 7.95 million households were tuned in to the show, slightly down from last year's count of 7.98 million. The broadcast has drawn low ratings for many years,""

What’s crazy is you think the Tonys are the only awards show with declining viewership. And for the record, the Tonys had its highest ratings in years. Doubt any movies, music or TV awards shows can say that.

binau said: "It's crazy to see how much the Tony ratings have declined over the years. This is the way they talked about them in 2003 according to the NYtimes. Now 4.85 million seems good, but that's still a 40% decline from 22 years ago:

"[In 2003] Despite attempts to attract viewers to the Tonys broadcast by using more celebrity presenters, ratings were about the same as last year's record low, according to an early tally by the Nielsen Media Research. It showed that 7.95 million households were tuned in to the show, slightly down from last year's count of 7.98 million. The broadcast has drawn low ratings for many years,""

Ummm... a lot of things change in 22 years. There are many more channel options available as well as streaming services so of course ratings aren't going to be as high as they once were. Nowadays, you have to factor in dvr viewing and viewing on all platforms not just live tv.

Based on YouTube views, the two biggest draws were the Hamilton reunion (first by a mile) and Cynthia Erivo (her opening number and the In Memorium performance both are scoring well).

The downside? Hamilton doesn’t really need the help, and Cynthia Erivo left Broadway a long time ago. But you can bet CBS wants her back if she’s willing.

Jonathan Groff’s and Nicole Scherzinger’s performances also are doing well.

I was so incredible happy for Nicole that I think she heard my scream lol

I love both Nicole and Audra's performance, the ''Hamilton'' cast did the best performance of the night, but my friends all were crazy about Jonathan Groff's performance.

The telecast had the usual sound issues but Erivo was a class act as a host, loved her.

The winners were predictable, but ver worth in most cases, I wish ''Oh, Mary'' had won Best Play tho.