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2010 Tony Awards Reach 7 Million TV Viewers

Sean Hayes
(© Tristan Fuge)
Sean Hayes
(© Tristan Fuge)

The ratings for the 64th Annual Tony Awards, which were held on June 13 at at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast live on CBS from 8pm-11pm, showed that 7 million viewers tuned into this year’s ceremony, about five percent less than last year, according to published reports.

The show was hosted by Sean Hayes, and featured special performances by Green Day, Lea Michele, and Matthew Morrison.

Other participants and presenters included 2010 Tony Award winners Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Denzel Washington, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, as well as Paula Abdul, Antonio Banderas, Justin Bartha, Patrick Breen, Laura Bell Bundy, Laura Benanti, Cate Blanchett, Michael Cerveris, Kristen Chenoweth, Barbara Cook, Michael Douglas, Kelsey Grammer, Brian d’Arcy James, Rosemary Harris, Patrick Heusinger, Katie Holmes Angela Lansbury, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Lucy Liu, Jan Maxwell, Idina Menzel, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Chris Noth, Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce, Daniel Radcliffe, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Sanchez, Tony Shalhoub, Liev Schreiber, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Stanley Tucci, and Raquel Welch, among others.

For further information, visit: www.TonyAwards.com.