Initial ratings are in for Sunday night’s 68th annual Emmy Awards, and they’re as bleak as most of the winners’jokes about Donald Trumpduring the broadcast.
According to Deadline, the three-hour telecast on ABC drew a 3.6 in the key 18-49 demo and 11.9 million total viewers, setting a new viewership low for television’s biggest night. So-called “fast affiliates” figures, the first ratings reported for the show, had pegged the numbers at 2.5/8 in the demo and 9.69 million viewers, down roughly 7% from last year’s broadcast.
The Jimmy Kimmel-hosted affair was bested by both a tight battle between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers on NBC’s Sunday Night Football (7.4/23) and the first part of CBS’ four-part series The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey, which pulled down 10.29 million viewers and a 2.1/7 in the key demo.