Emmy Awards ratings down nearly 10% from last year
The telecast drew 6.7 million viewers, and NBC said Peacock added about 500,000 more as the awards faced NFL competition.
- On Monday, NBC's telecast of the 78th Emmy Awards reached 6.7 million viewers, a 10% decline from the 7.42 million viewers who watched CBS's ceremony last year.
- NBC aired the event against an NFL Monday Night Football game where the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos, creating significant viewership competition.
- Hosted by "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star Mariska Hargitay, the ceremony saw Apple TV's "Widow's Bay" dominate the night, setting a record for a comedy with 14 awards.
- The company reported the broadcast achieved its "best ever reach" for a non-holiday NBC entertainment special simulcast on Peacock, while the Television Academy is in talks with Amazon Prime Video.
- After 31 years of rotating between NBC, CBS, Fox, and ABC, the Emmys appear poised for a transition toward streaming platforms, likely marking the final traditional broadcast.
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Emmy Ratings Fall 10%
TV's big night is looking a little small small. Nielsen reports that NBC's broadcast of the 78th Emmy Awards on Sunday night drew 6.7 million viewers, a 10% slide from last year and the show's third-weakest audience on record, per the Los Angeles Times. The ceremony, hosted by Law &...
Emmys Ratings Fall as Awards Show Eyes End to Its Broadcast Era
Emmys Ratings Fall as Awards Show Eyes End to Its Broadcast Era Monday’s Emmy Awards, aired Monday by NBC, posted a 9% decline in audience from the show’s 2025 viewership, marking what appears to be the end of the Emmys broadcast-network era.According to Nielsen’s preliminary audience estimate, 6.7 million viewers watched the Emmys this year, down from the 7.4 million who tuned in last year.While the viewership of awards shows has been treading …
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Award show ratings continue to slide, as the Emmy Awards drops to its third smallest audience ever.
Emmy Awards Ratings Crash, Down 9 Percent from Last Year with 6.7 Million
Viewership for the 78th Emmy Awards cratered by 9 percent from last year with just 6.7 million viewers tuning in, with analysts already speculating the Monday night airtime may have been a factor.
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