CBS' Sunday night telecast of the Daytime Emmy Awards drew 83% more viewers than last year's show on the CW. The current tally of 5.6 million is also larger than the 5.3 million who tuned in to see the awards show in 2008. Here's the breakdown over the last 10 years.

6/27/2010 — CBS — 5.6 million
8/30/2009 – CW – 2.6 million
6/20/2008 – ABC – 5.3 million
6/15/2007 – CBS – 8.3 million
4/28/2006 – ABC – 6 million
5/20/2005  – CBS – 7.6 million
5/21/2004  – NBC – 8.3 million
5/16/2003  – ABC – 8.6 million
5/17/2002  – CBS – 10 million
5/18/2001  – NBC – 10.2 million

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