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The “66th Annual Academy Awards” was the highest-rated award or pageant show on television in the past year. Top 10 award and pageant shows, ranked by average audience percentage:

Rank Program Ntwk. Air date Aud. 1 66th Academy Awards ABC March 21 31.1 2 36th Grammy Awards CBS March 1 16.1 3 22nd Amer. Music Awards ABC Jan. 30 15.4 4 28th Country Music ... CBS Oct. 5 15.2 5 46th Emmy Awards ABC Sept. 11 14.6 6 43rd Miss USA Pageant CBS Feb. 11 14.3 Tie 68th Miss Amer. Pageant NBC Sept. 17 14.3 8 Daytime Emmy Awards ABC May 25 14.1 9 World Music Awards ABC May 31 13.8 10 29th Country Music ... NBC May 3 13.4

Source: Nielsen Media Research