Emmy Viewership Rises Double Digits Over 2020’s All-Time Low To Hit 7.4 Million

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On a predictable night of winners at the low drama 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS, and a high stakes battle between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs over on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, we all knew how this was going to end.But, as almost always, the Devil is in the details and turns out TV’s biggest night this year has escaped becoming its own level of Hell for the ViacomCBS-owned network.Coming in at just over three hours and with a Brit boatload of wins for Season 4 of The Crown and Season 1 of Ted Lasso, the Cedric the Entertainer hosted Emmys snagged 7.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.Coming off a sting of all-time lows for the Television Academy event, that’s a rise of 16% from last year when Jimmy Kimmel