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The 66th Annual Grammy Awards Delivers Largest Audience Since 2020; Up +34% From Last Year

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Feb 6, 2024

The CBS broadcast of "The 66th Annual Grammy Awards" on February 5 averaged 16.9 million viewers, up +34% from the 2021 ceremony and its largest audience since 2020. The show peaked in the 9:45 PM quarter-hour with 18.25 million viewers during the In-Memoriam segment with performances by Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste, and Fantasia Barrino.

Livestreaming on Paramount+ saw its highest GRAMMY Awards viewership, up +173% from last year, lifting the total audience past 17 million viewers with three days of delayed viewing factored in. This marks the GRAMMY Awards' 18th consecutive year as the #1 music awards show.

The 2022 Oscars will be the ultimate test of whether awards shows can continue to attract viewers. The Academy Awards are set to take place on March 27, 2022.

The greatest Olympians of the 21st century

1. Michael Phelps, swimming: Record 28-time Olympic medalist, 23-time Olympic gold medalist, most gold medals at a single Olympics when he won eight at Beijing in 2008. 2. Simone Biles, gymnastics: Seven-time Olympic medalist (tied for most by American gymnast), four Olympic gold medals (2016, tied for most by female

Surge in Retail Interest Places BioTech Stocks in Focus

The recent surge in interest from retail and professional financial investors in the biotech sector has put several companies and their stocks in the spotlight. The emerging companies are exploring various therapies, including neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and immunology-focused biopharmaceuticals. Here is a recap of the emerging biotech companies: Aptevo Therapeutics

The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A History of Prion Diseases

The book "The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A History of Prion Diseases" by D.T. Max published in 2006 provides a riveting account of the origins and progression of prion diseases, specifically focusing on theVenetian family afflicted by a mysterious insomnia-induced illness that eventually develops into

An Online Drug Marketplace’s Tech Whiz Is Now a Crypto Entrepreneur

The Tech Giant of Illegal Drugs For a time, Blake Benthall ran the largest online drug bazaar in the world. He was also an engineer at SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company. Here is how he went from working on multimillion-dollar rockets to facilitating multimillion-dollar drug sales, and how

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The greatest Olympians of the 21st century

Surge in Retail Interest Places BioTech Stocks in Focus

The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A History of Prion Diseases

An Online Drug Marketplace&#x2019;s Tech Whiz Is Now a Crypto Entrepreneur

An Online Drug Marketplace’s Tech Whiz Is Now a Crypto Entrepreneur