The Emmys continued their scores bounce again Sunday.
The 77th Emmy Awards ceremony from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles delivered a median of seven.42 million viewers on CBS, up 8% from final yr’s viewers for ABC.
As soon as among the many most-watched reside awards present on tv, the Emmy Awards viewers declined dramatically over the past decade as a lot of the sequence celebrated now not have the broad attain they did when conventional TV nonetheless dominated the tradition.
However the viewers stage seems to have stabilized. Nielsen information exhibits that scores for the Emmy Awards grew for the second consecutive yr. The determine is the best since 2021, when the telecast additionally aired on CBS.
This yr, the community enlisted broad-appeal stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze as host, who turned the hassle to make this system extra fast-paced right into a operating gag. A tote board promised a charitable contribution to the Boys & Women Golf equipment of America primarily based on the winners’ skill to maintain their acceptance speeches quick.
Although President Trump and the MAGA motion weren’t particularly talked about, there have been a couple of situations of political commentary. “Hacks” co-star Hannah Einbinder completed her remarks after accepting the excellent supporting actress trophy by saying, “F— ICE and free Palestine.”
There was additionally a particular award offered to the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, which distributed the federal funding allotted for public TV and radio stations. The CPB is shutting down after Congress rescinded the cash it allotted for public broadcasting.
Among the many highlights of the telecast had been the nice and cozy ovations for “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, whose CBS program will finish in Could. Colbert gained a trophy for finest discuss sequence.
The massive winners of the night time had been “The Pitt,” the high-octane medical drama from HBO Max. This system gained for excellent drama whereas its star Noah Wyle was honored within the lead actor class.
On the comedy facet, probably the most honors went to the Apple TV+ Hollywood send-up “The Studio,” with 4 wins in the course of the telecast, together with excellent comedy sequence.
Netflix’s “Adolescence” took dwelling eight trophies, together with finest restricted sequence, and Jean Good gained her fourth main actress in a comedy award for HBO Max’s “Hacks.”
