The 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards drew in their smallest audience to date. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ratings were down 27 percent from the previous award show in 2022, which also had low viewership. Due to the competing airing of the 2024 Iowa Caucus, and an NFL playoff game, it is clear to see how the lower amount of viewers occurred, as there were several big events sharing airtime.
The Hollywood Reporter stated that the broadcast of the awards show averaged about 4.3 million viewers. Previously in 2022, the awards show brought in 5.92 million viewers. The previous Emmys aired on NBC while this year they aired on Fox. Not only did it hit low with viewership, but The Hollywood Reporter reported that among the age demographic of 18-49-year-old adults, the rating was at 0.85, which was down from the 1.09 rating in 2022.
The lower amount of views in these past two years has been because of the Monday night slot, or by other circumstances. Usually, the Emmys are in September, but because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes, the awards were pushed off to later in the year, or in this case, into the next. Along with the delayed Monday night slot, two major events were happening at the same time as the Emmys. The awards aired while a final NFL wildcard playoff game was happening on both ABC and ESPN while also sharing the television screen schedule to coverage of the Iowa caucuses on several new channels.
But, in more positive news, the Superbowl of Television brought Fox its highest-watched program on a Monday night. Excluding sports, the award show set the record for the highest audience count since May 2022. The Hollywood Reporter said that the awards ceremony “showed true affection for the thing that the show was celebrating.”
The 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards gave out several historic wins, a new inductee into the EGOT status club, and a clean sweep for the Hulu series, The Bear. You can read mxdwn’s recap of the awards here!