SANTA MONICA, CA — The 2011 Video Music Awards scored MTV's biggest audience in the network's history with a record-breaking 12.4 million total viewers. Among the network's target P12-34 audience, the "VMAs" delivered a 10.8 rating and 8.5 million P12-34 viewers, making it MTV's most-watched telecast of all time in the demo. Versus the 2010 VMAS, the award show is +8% with P12-34 and +9% with total viewers. In addition, the VMAs is the #1 cable telecast of 2011 with P12-34 and the #1 non-sports cable telecast of 2011 with total viewers. A special encore presentation of the telecast airs tonight, Monday, August 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT, followed by the premieres of all new series "Ridiculousness" at 10:00 p.m., "Death Valley" at 10:30 p.m., and "Cuff'd" at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

The VMA Pre-Show ranked as the best on record in both P12-34 and total viewers, garnering a 6.6 P12-34 rating and 5.2 million P12-34 viewers, +13% from last year. In addition, the pre-show attracted 7.3 million total viewers, +16% from last year.




Source: Nielsen. 8/28/11 or as dated. Live+SD. Cvg Rtgs. Rank and best ever sorted on 000s. MTV history 9/27/1993-present.