Sunday’s 76th annual Emmy Awards drew 6.87 million viewers on ABC, based on Nielsen, marking a 54-percent enchancment over the prior Emmys telecast. It was the biggest viewers for the Emmys in three years.
The producers at Jesse Collins Entertainment, together with Jesse Collins, can breathe a sigh of aid — not that they’d a very excessive hurdle to clear.
The January 2024 Emmys on Fox settled for 4.46 million whole viewers, a document low. The viewers for the off-cycle celebration was down considerably from the September 2022 Emmy Awards, which averaged 5.9 million viewers — a record-low for the present on the time. The unfortunately-timed January telecast opposed an NFL Playoffs recreation, which is nearly as dangerous because it will get when it comes to live-TV competitors (Last night time’s Emmys had a “Sunday Night Football” recreation on NBC to cope with, which isn’t uncommon however not as devastating to the best-of TV ceremony’s rankings).
Originally, these seventy fifth Emmy Awards have been booked for September 18, 2023, however the ongoing WGA strike pushed that plan. Even when that lastly ended a few week later, the present couldn’t go on. After all, you’ll be able to’t honor actors with out… the actors: SAG-AFTRA’s own strike resulted in November 2023.
As it have been, Anthony Anderson ended up with the excellence as host of the lowest-rated Emmys in historical past — a document he nonetheless holds at present.
Sunday’s Emmys, hosted by the father-and-son staff of Eugene and Dan Levy, was dominated by FX (and the Hulu platform, virtually talking). Including the earlier-announced Creative Arts Emmy Awards, “The Bear” won 11 trophies and “Shōgun” gained 18. All advised, FX led the pack with 36 whole wins.
Disney CEO Bob Iger had rather a lot to smile about (as you noticed him doing many occasions on digicam) these previous two weekends: The Walt Disney Company owns FX, Hulu, and the broadcast-network residence of the 76th Emmy Awards, ABC.
Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” won six Emmys; Iger’s perma-grinning tooth have been probably a bit extra gritted throughout these specific bulletins.
If you missed all the fun the ho-hum telecast, the 76th Emmys at the moment are accessible to stream on Hulu. IndieWire TV critic Ben Travers would most likely advise you to not hassle: he gave the telecast a D+ grade. In different phrases, the 76th Emmys most likely wouldn’t win an Emmy on the 77th Emmys.
