Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Just when last week’s ratings resurgence for the Golden Globes had us all feeling good, along comes the Emmy Awards — rescheduled from its usual September slot because of Hollywood strikes — to deliver an all-time audience low to shake our confidence in awards show all over again.
Fox’s Monday, Jan. 15, airing of the 75th annual Emmy Awards delivered an audience of 4.3 million total viewers, marking a new low for the kudocast, according to Nielsen data.
What happened with Fox’s airing of the Emmys on Jan. 15? Did host Anthony Anderson not make us laugh enough? Should we be worried about the upcoming Grammys and Oscars, which are coming off their strongest telecasts in several years?
Fear not, says Andrew Wallenstein, president and chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform. In the latest episode of Variety‘s Strictly Business podcast, Wallenstein analyzes why 2024 was a singularly bad year for Emmys due to a perfect storm of factors beyond its control. “Before you ring the alarm for the TV industry, let’s not panic just yet,” Wallenstein says in the podcast.
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