Billy Joel drummed up 5.73M viewers on Sunday evening for the CBS airing of his live performance at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Billy Joel: The a hundredth – Dwell at Madison Sq. Backyard gained its time interval, starting round 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. Nonetheless, it was truly the least-watched fare on CBS that evening.
Each 60 Minutes and Tracker drew greater than 8M viewers, which means that about 30% of the community’s viewers had checked out earlier than the particular started.
Nonetheless, it’s an honest viewers to carry onto that late on a Sunday evening, and it beat out all different broadcast competitors by a hefty margin.
CBS is giving the particular yet another likelihood to shine, provided that the presentation minimize out in some components of the nation because the singer was in the course of his signature hit “Piano Man.” As an alternative of listening to Joel end, the printed minimize away to native information at 11 p.m.
The error prompted fairly a little bit of backlash from audiences who have been sad that Joel’s live performance was minimize quick.
After apologizing to followers, the community introduced it might re-air Billy Joel: The a hundredth – Dwell at Madison Sq. Backyard on April 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The particular may even be accessible to stream on Paramount+.
