Airing 4 months later than standard and on an particularly crowded night time of TV, the Emmy Awards drew their smallest viewers ever.
Fox’s broadcast averaged 4.3 million viewers, based on quick nationwide rankings from Nielsen. That’s down 27 % from the earlier low of 5.92 million for the 2022 Emmys, which aired on NBC. The awards hit a low in viewers for the fifth time prior to now six years.
The present additionally hit an all-time low amongst adults 18-49 with a 0.85 score, down 22 % from 1.09 in 2022. Each that determine and the viewer complete might modify up some with ultimate rankings, however probably not sufficient to maneuver forward of final 12 months’s numbers.
Extra so than previous years, nevertheless, the small tune-in for the Emmys on Monday might need been circumstantial. The awards had been pushed off of their standard September spot as strikes by writers and actors for higher contracts and dealing situations had been ongoing on the time. Scheduling them for Monday night time meant the Emmys aired reverse the ultimate sport of the NFL’s wild card playoff spherical on ABC and ESPN and towards protection of the Iowa caucuses on cable information channels.
Airing in the course of Hollywood’s first-quarter awards season additionally meant the Emmys had been giving trophies to a bunch of winners from different gatherings. The three exhibits that took dwelling most of Monday’s honors — The Bear, Beef and Succession — did the identical two different occasions within the earlier week on the Golden Globes and Critics Selection Awards. (The Globes drew 9.47 million viewers, up 51 % year-to-year with the assistance of an NFL lead-in, on CBS. Preliminary figures for the Critics Selection Awards on The CW put it at 911,000 viewers, even with a 12 months in the past.)
On the plus facet for Fox, the Emmys gave the community its most watched Monday night time (excluding sports activities) since Might 2022. The published, hosted by Anthony Anderson, obtained principally constructive opinions; The Hollywood Reporter critic Daniel Fienberg mentioned the Emmys confirmed “true affection for the factor that the present was celebrating.”
Elsewhere, the NFL wild card sport between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles drew 28.62 million viewers (pending updates) on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 (together with digital platforms ESPN+ and NFL+), eclipsing all the things else in primetime. It was off by about 8 % from the identical broadcast window final 12 months — which was each NFL legend Tom Brady’s ultimate sport and featured the Dallas Cowboys, the league’s prime TV draw.
Protection of the Iowa caucuses averaged 4.67 million viewers from 8-11 p.m. ET throughout Fox Information (2.83 million), MSNBC (1.15 million) and CNN (688,000), down significantly from a mixed common of about 8.5 million viewers 4 years in the past. Former President Donald Trump simply gained the Republican vote, with all three retailers calling the race earlier than 9 p.m. ET. Democrats within the state are conducting a mail-in vote and can announce leads to March; incumbent President Joe Biden isn’t going through any critical major challengers.
Jan. 16, 3:40 p.m. Up to date with rankings figures for the ABC/ESPN primetime NFL playoff sport.
