The Emmys tumble to all-time low in early ratings
Preliminary numbers for Fox's broadcast Sunday night have the awards at a 5.8 household rating in metered markets. That's off about 22 percent from the 7.4 for theLast year's Emmys ended up with 10.21 million viewers. If the declines in the preliminary numbers carry through to the finals, the audience could end up around 8 million viewers, which would be the first time since at least 1990 that they've gone under 10 million viewers.
The last time Fox aired the Emmys, in 2015, the ceremony drew what was then an all-time low of 11.87 million viewers. It's also easily the biggest decline among the major televised awards shows in 2019. The Oscars improved by more than 10 percent in both total viewers and adults 18-49, and the Golden Globes and Grammys were fairly steady year to year. telecast topped Sunday's ratings with a 12.8 in metered-market households, up a little bit from last week's 12.2.for more ratings news and numbers.
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