I said on Friday that record lows for the the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Award were a lock with the show appearing on the CW.
Last night's awards averaged 2.68 million people and a 0.6/2 rating/share among adults 18-49 from 8pm-10pm on Sunday night. Earlier in the evening The Daytime Emmy Awards Live Red Carpet Special drew 1.21 million and an 0.4/1 with adults 18-49 from 7pm-8pm.
While the awards show did hit record lows (see table below) it was the best Sunday night The CW has had in a long, long, time. Soon CW will turn Sunday nights back over to its affiliates to program.
Daytime Emmy Awards Nielsen ratings 1991-2008:
| Day | Date | Time | Network | HH Rating | Share | Homes | Viewers |
| FRI | 6/20/2008* | 8:00-10:00PM | ABC | 4.1 | 8 | 4,574,000 | 5,383,000 |
| FRI | 6/15/2007* | 8:58-11:00PM | CBS | 5.9 | 11 | 6,620,000 | 8,327,000 |
| FRI | 4/28/2006* | 8:00-11:00PM | ABC | 4.5 | 8 | 5,008,000 | 6,085,000 |
| FRI | 5/20/2005 | 9:00-11:00PM | CBS | 5.5 | 10 | 6,061,000 | 7,618,000 |
| FRI | 5/21/2004 | 9:00-11:00PM | NBC | 6 | 10.9 | 6,518,000 | 8,385,000 |
| FRI | 5/16/2003 | 8:00-11:00PM | ABC | 6.3 | 11 | 6,726,000 | 8,633,000 |
| FRI | 5/17/2002 | 9:00-11:00PM | CBS | 6.9 | 12 | 7,275,000 | 10,082,000 |
| FRI | 5/18/2001 | 9:00-11:00PM | NBC | 7.9 | 14 | 8,041,000 | 10,277,000 |
| FRI | 5/19/2000 | 9:00-11:00PM | ABC | 9.1 | 16 | 9,184,000 | 12,771,000 |
| FRI | 5/21/1999 | 9:00-11:00PM | CBS | 10.4 | 19 | 10,338,000 | 14,230,000 |
| FRI | 5/15/1998 | 9:00-11:00PM | NBC | 10.2 | 19 | 9,953,000 | 13,095,000 |
| THU | 5/21/1997 | 8:00 – 10:00PM | ABC | 11.8 | 20 | 11,420,000 | 15,839,540 |
| THU | 5/22/1996 | 9:00 – 11:00PM | CBS | 11.4 | 19 | 10,930,000 | 15,105,260 |
| WED | 5/19/1995 | 9:00 – 11:00PM | NBC | 10.2 | 18 | 9,730,000 | 13,699,840 |
| WED | 5/25/1994 | 9:00 – 11:03PM | ABC | 14.1 | 22 | 13,280,000 | 18,897,440 |
| WED | 5/26/1993 | 9:00 – 11:01PM | ABC | 16.4 | 27 | 15,270,000 | 21,958,260 |
| TUE | 6/23/1992 | 9:00 – 11:05PM | NBC | 15.1 | 26 | 13,910,000 | 20,280,780 |
| THU | 6/27/1991 | 9:00 – 11:00PM | CBS | 13.5 | 25 | 12,570,000 | 18,855,000 |