VIDEO : 2018 Tony Ratings Even From Last Year

The Tonys staged a steady return to CBS on Sunday night. Early returns for the 2018 Broadway awards have it performing ever so slightly better from the previous year ? one that suffered a steep drop from the absence of cultural phenomenon Hamilton. The three-hour show, hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, earned an overnight 4.8 rating among metered market households. That's virtually even with 2017, up an incremental 2 percent.