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7.45M watch Tony Awards show

Karen Olivo holds her award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for "West Side Story" at the American Theatre Wing's Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 7, 2009. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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Published: June 8, 2009 at 4:16 PM

NEW YORK, June 8 (UPI) -- An estimated 7.45 million people tuned in to watch Sunday night's Tony Awards show broadcast live from New York, CBS said Monday.

The 63rd annual event honored the best of Broadway for the 2008-09 season and delivered the best ratings for the program since 2006, the network said.

Television star Neil Patrick Harris presided over the event, during which "Billy Elliot, The Musical" and the play "God of Carnage" earned top Tony honors.

Topics: Billy Elliot, Neil Patrick Harris

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