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Ratings: Billboard Music Awards Hits 10-Year High; Celebrity Apprentice Drops to Finale Low

The Billboard Music Awards topped Sunday, drawing its biggest audience in 12 years and its highest rating in 10.The three-hour ABC broadcast averaged 9.5 million viewers and a 3.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, climbing 31 percent from last year.Check out Taylor Swift and all the hot looks from the Billboard Music Awards red carpetFox was second, with double doses of The Simpsons (4.2 million, 2.0) and Family Guy (5.2 million, 2.5), which were down ...

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The Billboard Music Awards topped Sunday, drawing its biggest audience in 12 years and its highest rating in 10.
The three-hour ABC broadcast averaged 9.5 million viewers and a 3.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, climbing 31 percent from last year.

Check out Taylor Swift and all the hot looks from the Billboard Music Awards red carpet

Fox was second, with double doses ofThe Simpsons (4.2 million, 2.0) and Family Guy (5.2 million, 2.5), which were down a bit from last season's finales.CBS' ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night pulled in 6.2 million and a 1.2.On NBC, the season finale of All-Star Celebrity Apprentice (5.3 million, 1.5) was up two-tenths from last week, but down 30 percent from last year to hit a new finale low.
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CBS: 60 Minutes6.4 million viewers (1.2 demo rating) ABC: Billboard Music Awards 9.5 million (3.6) [8-11 p.m.]Fox: The Simpsons 4 million (1.8); The Simpsons 4.4 million (2.1)NBC: The Voice (R) 2.6 million (0.7) [7-9 p.m.]9 p.m.
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ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night 6.2 million viewers (1.2 demo rating) [9-11 p.m.]Fox: Family Guy 5.2 million (2.6); Family Guy 5.1 million (2.5)NBC: All-Star Celebrity Apprentice5.3 million (1.5) [9-11 p.m.]