The Primetime Emmy Awards‘ rankings “rebound” is over.
After ceasing a seven-year viewers slide in 2021, this Monday’s telecast of TV’s greatest night time drew simply 5.9 million whole viewers to NBC, down 24 % from final time round to mark an all-time low.
Within the demo, Monday night time’s present pulled a 1.1 ranking, down sharply from final 12 months’s 1.8.
TVLine readers gave the telecast a mean grade of “C,” whereas Kenan Thompson earned as “D” as host.
The Emmys’ earlier all-time viewers low, of 6.4 million, was set in 2020 by the primary pandemic-era, digital ceremony on ABC. Final 12 months’s Emmycast, on CBS, improved 16 % on that nadir.
The final time NBC hosted the ceremony, in 2018 and likewise on a Monday night time, the viewers totaled 10.2 million — which on the time was a historic low.
Taking a look at this 12 months’s different awards exhibits, the Oscars surged 60 % (to 16.6 million viewers), the Grammys had been up a tick (with 8.9 million viewers) and the Tony Awards viewers (3.9 million) grew.
Providing not-insignificant competitors for the Emmys was ABC’s broadcast of the Monday Evening Soccer match-up between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos, which averaged 8 million whole viewers.
Monday night time’s solely different recent broadcast fare, Fox’s Don’t Overlook the Lyrics finale, ticked as much as 1.6 mil and a 0.3.
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The Stay+Identical Day numbers reported in our rankings column do not mirror a present’s total efficiency, given the elevated use of delayed playback through DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen quick nationals, except denoted as finals) as a substitute purpose to easily illustrate developments or superlatives. Steve Harvey is just not a choose or lawyer and merely affords an alternate discussion board of dispute decision.
