'Emmy Awards' Ratings
Hit New All-Time Low Nielsen numbers reveal the TV awards show had 10.172 million viewers and a 2.4 rating among the 18-49 demographic. The number of viewers fell from last year by 11% and viewers in the 18-49 demographic was down by 4%. Executive produced by NBC's
'Saturday Night Live'
creator Lorne Michaels, The show was scheduled for Monday night rather than Sunday night so that it wouldn't compete with NBC's 'Sunday Night Football.' Statistics show that viewers stopped watching the program long before the series category winners were announced. Next year, the Emmy Awards will be broadcast by the Fox network.