{
  "id": 10543022,
  "title": "CBS and MTV VMAs Attract a Combined 8.4 Million Viewers, Making it the Most-Watched Since 2015 and Up 51% From Last Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/cbs-and-mtv-vmas-attract-a-combined-8-4-million-viewers-making-it-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/vma-ratings-cbs-mtv-most-watched-since-2015-up-last-year-1236877733/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Moon Man still has some life. CBS’ and MTV’s coverage of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards averaged a combined 8.43 million viewers on Sunday night, according to Nielsen Live+same day fast nationals. Those numbers are subject to change once finals are in, but for now that makes it the most-watched VMAs in 11 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}