Tony Awards Ceremony Slumps to 2.6 Million Low on Television

Tony Awards Ceremony Slumps to 2.6 Million Low on Television
A view of the red carpet at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre in New York on Sept. 26, 2021. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Reuters
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LOS ANGELES—The television audience for Sunday’s Tony Awards for theater slumped to a new low despite a star-studded cast that promoted Broadway’s return after an 18-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Broadcaster CBS said on Monday that just 2.6 million Americans tuned in for the two-hour special, which did double duty as an awards ceremony and a commercial for the return of live theater.