Did you miss Monday's Emmy Awards? You're not alone.
The Emmy Awards ceremony was a ratings disaster, with preliminary figures showing Monday's live broadcast on Fox hit an all-time low of 4.3 million viewers. While the final tally may be slightly higher, the night was an undeserved disaster for Emmy producers who were hoping for a post-pandemic revival.
The 2023 nominations were dominated by prestige titles with relatively little mass appeal. inheritance, bear, beef, and white lotus They ended up winning most of the trophies.
The Emmy Awards drew 4.3 million viewers, down 27% from the less than 6 million who watched NBC in 2022, according to early Nielsen data. obtained By the deadline.
The awards show last aired on Fox in 2019, when it drew 6.9 million viewers. When the 2018 Emmy Awards aired on Monday, it drew just over 10 million viewers.
The 2023 Emmy Awards, postponed from September due to the Hollywood strike, had the misfortune of competing against ABC's broadcast of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles game.
Hollywood award shows are rapidly becoming culturally irrelevant, with a growing number of viewers wanting to avoid the left-wing celebrity awards that have become commonplace during live broadcasts.
As Breitbart News reported, RuPaul used Monday's Emmy acceptance speech to promote a drag queen story hour for kids.
Hollywood award shows are struggling across the board.
This year's Golden Globes broadcast failed to draw more than 10 million viewers, despite airing an NFL lead-up on Sunday on CBS.
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