Ratings: Versus Game of Thrones Finale, VMAs Decline for Fourth Straight Year

Simulcast on Sunday across seven total channels — and opposite the mighty Game of Thrones season finale — the MTV Video Music Awards drew 5.4 million total viewers and a 2.6 demo rating, down 17 and 34 percent from last year, marking a fourth straight year of decline. On MTV alone, the gala did 2.7 […]

Ratings: Big Brother, Game Shows Hold Steady vs. NFL, GoT Finale and VMAs

CBS’ Big Brother this Sunday drew 6.35 million total viewers and a 1.8 demo rating, holding steady week-to-week even with preseason NFL football in play on NBC. Leading out of that, Candy Crush (2.3 mil/0.5) matched last week’s prelim numbers, going up against Game of Thrones‘ XL season finale. As always, cable ratings (e.g. Game […]

VMAs: Mom of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Makes Emotional Plea

Susan Bro, mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, attended the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, presenting the Best Fight Against the System award in honor of her late daughter. Heyer was killed on Aug. 12 when a man drove his car into a crowd of demonstrators who were peacefully protesting a “Unite the Right” march, during […]

MTV VMAs 2017: Taylor Swift Rises, Katy Perry Flops and 19 Other Moments

There were a lot of funny moments during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Unfortunately, none of them were spoken by host Katy Perry. (“A” for effort?) Fortunately, Perry’s painfully laugh-free comedy bits — about such relevant topics as… the Fyre Festival? — were punctuated by the kind of glorious nonsense we’ve come to expect from […]

Pink Performs Medley of Her Biggest Hits at 2017 MTV VMAs — Plus, Watch Inspiring Speech to Her Daughter

Honest show of hands: Who here didn’t realize just how much they loved Pink until her performance at Sunday’s MTV VMAs? Sure, she’s always been around — usually hovering overhead, doing some sort of insane acrobatics — but has she really gotten the cultural respect she’s due? I’d say that handing her the Michael Jackson Video […]

Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' Video Debuts at the VMAs — Watch

The most highly anticipated musical moment during Sunday’s MTV VMAswasn’t one of its 17+ live performances. (Sorry, guys!) No, that honor went to Taylor Swift, who announced on Friday that the music video for her new single “Look What You Made Me Do” would premiere during the big ceremony. Naturally, this sent the Internet into […]