WONDERING ABOUT THE STEVIE SPECIAL?

What Did We Do Before the Age of Appointment Viewing?

We wanted to mention a highlight or two from CBSKen Ehrlich-produced Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life — An All-Star Grammy Salute in our rundown of Prezzies Day weekend TV, but we haven’t watched it yet. That’s because we spent the last two nights laughing our way through the three and a half hours of SNL 40.

We suspect that, like us, a lot of people have the Stevie tribute captured in their DVRs and fully intend to watch the two-hour special; that would explain the fact that the special was down 33% from the Beatles tribute on 2/9 last year (this according to Deadline.com). Viewership-wise, the Stevie special drew 7.49m viewers compared to the 13.95m the Beatles tribute pulled in on a night that included Winters Olympics competition and the Season 4 winter premiere of The Walking Dead.

The iTunes $7.99 sale of Stevie's catalog timed with the special had a couple of titles in the Top 10 through Monday. As of Tuesday morning, the highest charter is Songs in the Key of Life at #14. The 21-song Definitive Collection, priced at $9.99 is next at #27, followed by Number 1's at #33.

Until you can get to the show, here’s a tantalizing sampler.

UMG AND TIKTOK
WORK IT OUT
The kerfuffle is in the past. (5/2a)
LUCIAN SOUNDS OFF ON UMG/TIKTOK DEAL
A breakdown from the boss (5/2a)
JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
London calling (5/2a)
TOP 20: IT’S STILL TAYLOR’S WORLD
Large and in charge (5/2a)
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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