Cedric the Entertainer gives big boost to Emmy’s Ratings by
TV Ratings: #Emmys Awards Rise 16% From Last Year, Reversing a Pattern of Declines
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS rebounded from last year’s all-time low ratings, reversing steady declines with a 16% gain of viewership to 7.4 million, compared to approximately 6.37 million viewers in 2020.
Per the accurate Nielsen Live+Same Day time-zone adjusted fast nationals for Sunday night, the ceremony averaged the total time spent across linear and digital platforms was over 1.4 billion minutes.
Even before the pandemic, the Emmys were struggling to stay on our collective radars, plummeting to a historic viewership drop-off in 2020 of approximately 12% compared to 2019’s host-less ceremony on Fox. The 7.4 million score for Sunday night’s show does not include “out of home” viewing and CBS estimates that it will likely increase upwards to 7.9 million when final numbers are released by Nielsen tomorrow.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 24, 2021 12:36 AM
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It wasn't much of a rise, according to CNN, but at least it wasn't further into a record slide.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 20, 2021 7:58 PM
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It was up 16%. That’s a rise.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 20, 2021 8:04 PM
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If there was a significant rise in viewership, that's ironic, as I heard from multiple sources that this was one of the worst, most unwatchable awards shows in history.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 20, 2021 8:27 PM
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It wasn’t. It was fun and moved fast.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 20, 2021 8:29 PM
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Betty Gilpin should have won for Glow season 2.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 20, 2021 8:29 PM
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R3, your sources must be all effete old gay men, because young people of color liked it
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 20, 2021 8:33 PM
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R7: Actually, no, they weren't. Are you a "young person of color" yourself, or are you just speaking for them? On second thought, no need to answer that, because I really couldn't care less.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 20, 2021 8:41 PM
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I think having a host that can be funny helped.Oscars need to get somebody with broad appeal to host as well.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 20, 2021 9:06 PM
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It had to go up. Not for Cedric The "Entertainer", but for the hideous show last year, at the height of the pandemic. Did everyone forget that?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 20, 2021 9:19 PM
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The Emmys are more relevant than the Oscars because everything is TV/streaming based today. Movies go straight to TV streaming services now.
The Emmys and the Golden Globes will be the main award shows going forward because they cover both TV and movies. Will the Oscars even be a thing 5 years from now?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 20, 2021 9:32 PM
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True. Today’s tv shows are more relatable, less elite or vulgar
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 20, 2021 9:33 PM
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I didn’t watch, but I was tempted when I saw Cedric was hosting. I knew he’d help make it more entertaining. He’s a delight.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 21, 2021 1:00 PM
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Have you ever seen such an unattractive and cheap set?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 23, 2021 11:50 PM
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I liked that they announced the nominees first, then the camera came up on the presenter, who was already standing at the podium.
All those walk-outs waste a lot of time.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 24, 2021 12:36 AM
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