MTV's Video Music Honours Scores Biggest Audience Ever

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLady Gaga as Jo Calderone A lot more than 12.4 million audiences updated directly into see Rhianna in drag as MTV's broadcast from the Video Music Honours obtained the franchise's best rankings ever. VIDEO: MTV VMA 2011 Red-colored Carpet Interviews Based on Nielsen, Sunday's honours reveal that saw Katy Perry, Adele and Beyonce make head lines rated because the cable network's greatest audience ever, using the VMAs delivering a ten.8 rating and 8.5 million audiences within the network's target 12-34 demographic, a very best in the metric. PHOTOS: MTV VMA Best and Worst Moments Year-over-year, the 2011 VMAs were up 9 % as a whole audiences and 8 percent within the 12-34 demo. Additionally, Sunday's VMAs rated as 2011's No. 1 cable telecast one of the 12-34 demo and also the top nonsports cable telecast of the season as a whole audiences. PHOTOS: MTV VMA Red-colored Carpet The cabler's VMA preshow also obtained as MTV's best on record one of the 12-34 demo as well as in total audiences, bringing in 5.two million (up 13 percent year-over-year) and 7.3 million (up 16 percent), correspondingly. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit RELATED: OPINION: The way the 2011 Show Skipped the objective MTV VMAs: Complete Listing of Those who win COMPLETE COVERAGE: MTV Video Music Honours MTV Video Music Honours