Vlad Duthiers and Denny Directo's VMA rundown lifts CBS Mornings
A morning-after segment on Madonna, Dolly Parton tributes, Shaboozey and Raye ran at more than thirteen times the pace of a typical first day for the network show's clips.
CBS MorningsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 179,472 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (13,289).
VMA audience explodes for Madonna's opener, Dolly Parton tributes and Taylor Swift
Thirteen thousand or so views is what an ordinary CBS Mornings clip collects on its first day. The show's look back at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards is moving at close to 180,000, a pace this channel's new uploads rarely come near.
The segment belongs to co-host Vlad Duthiers and entertainment correspondent Denny Directo, who walk through the acts that defined the night. The title leads with Madonna opening the show, which makes a neat bookend: she was part of the very first VMAs in 1984, when she sang "Like a Virgin" on a giant wedding cake. The description also names Shaboozey, the country singer behind "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," and the British singer Raye, while the title adds tributes to Dolly Parton and a Taylor Swift moment.
For a program built around breaking news and long feature reporting, it is a pop recap that stands out, with the Madonna opener in the first words of its title.
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- Channel
- CBS Mornings
- Subscribers
- 3,320,000
- Video published
- September 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 105,047 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 179,472
The numbers
The figures show how far a single VMA recap moved past the usual first day on the CBS Mornings channel.
