CBS' broadcast of the 73rd annual awards on Sunday records a three-year high.
and a 1.3 rating among adults 18-49 on ABC. The broadcast didn’t suffer as steep a decline as some of its counterparts — but it also didn’t have as far to go. The 2019 awards drew a shade under 7 million viewers and a 1.7 in the key ad demographic on Fox.
Sunday’s show also had a big lead-in with a nationally televised NFL game on CBS. ABC didn’t have that advantage a year ago . Paramount+ also streamed the Emmys Sunday. Per usual with streaming platforms, detailed viewing figures aren’t available, but CBS says the Emmys recorded 1.4 billion minutes of viewing time across linear and digital platforms . Social traffic for the the awards improved by 33 percent over each of the past two ceremonies.
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