E! Online: How Much Did Twilight Boost The Ratings For The MTV Awards?
2 June 2009 11:11 AM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news ยป E! Online is reporting that the 2009 MTV Movie Awards was up a massive 76 in terms of viewership from last year. The audience was unsurprisingly huge and they are crediting Twilight for a major part of this increase. Read more belownbspRobert Pattinson just may be the best thing that happened to awards shows since Billy Crystal.With Pattinson and his Twilight mates heaped with buckets of ceremonial popcorn at Sundays MTV Movie Awards the show which also featured the debut of teaser trailer for the vampire gangs upcoming New Moon scored a whopping 76 percent more viewers than last year.Its average audience of 5.3 million was the shows biggest since 2004.This is the second awards show this year in which a little bit of Pattinson has helped produce a whole lot of ratings. Februarys Oscars featuring Pattinson on presenting duty saw its numbers zoom among teens and kids.
