Auditions blog:
This Year's Tonys Were Least-Watched Ever
Jun 8, 8:00 AM EST
The 2004 Tony Awards show was the least watched ever, even with Hugh Jackman as host, according to preliminary figures released Monday by Nielsen Media Research 86 million last year In 2002, viewership was 7
The Sunday night three-hour television special on CBS, reached 6 6 million viewers, down from 7 98 million
A more thorough final report was due Tuesday, but is not expected to change much, if at all
The figures were based on the fast national report, a service Nielsen uses to quickly estimate viewers
Besides Jackman, this year's show featured appearances by Nicole Kidman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Nathan Lane, Sean Combs, LL Cool J and others as presenters