Reference News Network reported on September 25. Foreign media said that the 71st Emmy Awards held on September 22 local time had only 8 million viewers, a record low viewership in the United States, down 23% from 2018 .
According to a report from the Effie News Agency on September 23, this awards ceremony became the first Emmy awards ceremony that fell below the 10 million audience mark since the 1990s. Although
HBO's magical epic drama "Game of Thrones" was criticized as "unfinished", it still won the award for best drama in the drama category. "London Life" became the biggest dark horse of this year's Emmy Awards and won the best drama series award in the comedy category. The screenwriter and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge became the biggest winner of the night. However, even these two popular dramas still did not help the Emmys to retain audiences.
In terms of family ratings, this year's Emmy Awards ceremony was only 5.1%, while the family ratings of the 2018 awards ceremony were 7.4%.
reported that this year’s award ceremony was the first attempt by the organizer Fox Entertainment Group to imitate the model of the Oscar award ceremony. There was no host in order to make the awarding process smoother. The 91st Oscars ceremony held at the beginning of this year did not have a host for the second time in history. It was very popular with the audience and the ratings increased by 10%. The
report believes that the practice of not having a host did not have the expected effect on the Emmy Awards ceremony. After the Oscar ratings improved and the Grammy ratings were flat, the Emmys handed over a report card of the worst. The last time
was broadcast by Fox at the Emmy Awards ceremony was in 2015, when the ratings were 11.87 million viewers. Although this result was the lowest in history at the time, it is quite impressive compared to today's result.
reported that in recent years, the ratings of traditional TV stations broadcasting awards ceremonies have gradually declined, and the Emmys have failed to reverse this trend. Interestingly, the highest awards at such traditional award ceremonies are often films and television works broadcast on Internet paid platforms.
"Game of Thrones" won a total of 12 awards, 10 of which came from the Creative Emmy Awards, tying the record for the most single-term Emmy awards set by the show in 2015 and 2016.
In terms of limited dramas and TV movies, the well-known drama "Chernobyl" won three awards for best limited drama, best director, and best screenwriter. In addition to the previous awards, "Chernobyl" won 10 Emmy Awards this year, becoming the biggest winner in this category.
