With increased competition and a general downward trend in live viewing, television specials tend to feel, well, less special with each passing year. There are still quite a few annual must-see live-TV hours -- and no, we're not even talking about sports (for this one).   From the Oscars to the Emmys and everything toward the top, TheWrap ranked the 15 most-watched broadcast-television entertainment specials of 2017. And with those very low Nielsen ratings out of Fox's "A Christmas Story Live," we've got no musicals making the cut this time.   Scroll through the gallery for the 15 biggest.   Also Read: 20 Most-Watched TV Specials of 2016: From Oscars to ‘Hairspray Live’ (Photos)

Rank: 1  Special: Oscars  Date: February 26, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: ABC  Total Viewers: 32.937 million   Also Read: 31 Highest and Lowest-Rated Shows of the Fall TV Season So Far (Photos)

Rank: 2  Special: Grammys  Date: February 12, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: CBS  Total Viewers: 26.071 million   Also Read: 17 TV Winners and Losers of 2017, From ‘This is Us’ to the Silence Breakers (Photos)

Rank: 3  Special: Macy's Thanksgiving Parade  Date: November 23, 2017  Day of Week: Thursday  Network: NBC  Total Viewers: 24.060 million   Also Read: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Ratings Deflate 7 Percent From 2016

Rank: 4  Special: Oscars Red Carpet (8 p.m.)  Date: February 26, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: ABC  Total Viewers: 20.892 million   Also Read: Oscars Original Score Category Gives John Williams a Shot at 51st Nomination

Rank: 5  Special: Golden Globes  Date: January 8, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: NBC  Total Viewers: 20.014 million   Also Read: Golden Globes 2018: The Complete List of Nominees

Rank: 6  Special: Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special  Date: December 3, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: CBS  Total Viewers: 15.366 million   Also Read: Here’s the Average Age of a ‘Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special’ Viewer

Rank: 7  Special: Oscars Red Carpet (7:30 p.m.)  Date: February 26, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: ABC  Total Viewers: 15.279 million   Also Read: 25 Scene Stealers of 2017, From Robin Wright in ‘Wonder Woman’ to Pennywise’s Creepy Smile (Photos)

Rank: 8  Special: Country Music Awards  Date: November 8, 2017  Day of Week: Wednesday  Network: ABC  Total Viewers: 14.278 million   Also Read: CMT’s 53 Straight Weeks of TV Ratings Growth Tops All Ad-Supported Cable

Rank: 9  Special: National Dog Show  Date: November 23, 2017  Day of Week: Thursday  Network: NBC  Total Viewers: 11.556 million   Also Read: 10 Lowest-Rated TV Shows of Summer 2017 (Photos)

Rank: 10  Special: Oscars Red Carpet (7 p.m.)  Date: February 26, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: ABC  Total Viewers: 11.460 million   Also Read: SAG Awards: The Complete List of Nominees

Rank: 11  Special: Emmys  Date: September 17, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: CBS  Total Viewers: 11.394 million   Also Read: Emmys: TV Academy Adds Even More Categories, Tweaks Other Rules

Rank: 12  Special: Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards  Date: April 2, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: CBS  Total Viewers: 10.911 million   Also Read: John Skipper Fallout: 9 Possible Replacements to Run ESPN (Photos)

Rank: 13  Special: "Stayin' Alive - A Grammys Salute to The Bee Gees"  Date: April 16, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: CBS  Total Viewers: 10.313 million   Also Read: Fox News Is Most-Watched Basic Cable Network in 2017

Rank: 14  Special: Grammys Red Carpet  Date: February 12, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: CBS  Total Viewers: 10.067 million   Also Read: ‘Stranger Things': 15.8 Million Watched Season 2 Premiere in First Weekend, Nielsen Says

Rank: 15  Special: American Music Awards  Date: November 19, 2017  Day of Week: Sunday  Network: ABC  Total Viewers: 9.160 million   Also Read: Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Lands Most-Watched Week Since 2015 Premiere

Honorable Mentions: NBC's Matt Lauer-less "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" (pictured) and ABC's "Billboard Music Awards" also averaged more than 8 million total viewers this year. Beat THAT, 2018.   Also Read: 13 Biggest TV Cliffhangers of 2017, From ‘Riverdale’ to ‘Stranger Things’ (Photos)