Hostless Emmys Hit All-Time Ratings Low, Plummeting 33% in 18-49 Demo

Just 6.9 million watched the ceremony on Fox

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If Emmy Awards producers were hoping that going without a host would result in the same ratings rebound that the emcee-less Oscars saw earlier this year, they were sorely mistaken.

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired on Fox this year, hit an all-time ratings low in both total viewers (6.9 million) and the 18-49 demo (1.6 rating), plummeting roughly 33% from last year’s numbers, which had also been record lows.

Last year, the NBC telecast was

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