NBC’s broadcast of the 78th Emmy Awards reached 6.7 million viewers Monday evening, based on Nielsen.
That complete represents a 9% drop from final yr’s ceremony on CBS, which attracted 7.4 million viewers — one of the best awards present efficiency since 2021.
It is price noting, nonetheless, that the 2025 ceremony happened on a Sunday, making it simpler for viewers to take a seat down for a three-hour telecast. In comparison with the latest Monday evening Emmys – televised by Fox in 2024 – NBC achieved a 41% enhance. However since that present, which reached simply 4.4 million viewers, was the primary in Emmys historical past to air with stiff competitors from an NFL playoff sport, maybe essentially the most correct comparability is to NBC’s Monday evening Emmys in 2022. In these phrases, the community’s newest Emmy efforts achieved a ten% enchancment, in comparison with 5.9 million viewers.
Hosted by “Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay, the Emmys have been broadcast in opposition to an NFL sport between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Denver Broncos. Even with that competitors, it attracted sufficient viewers to rank because the most-watched non-sports, non-news Monday TV present of 2026, each total and amongst adults ages 18-49. Hargitay referenced the soccer sport in a pre-recorded skit that includes Taylor Swift, believing the pop star would not be capable of attend the present as a result of she could be supporting her husband, Chiefs participant Travis Kelce.
In line with NBCUniversal, the Emmys generated 133 million views on social media, counted on Fb, Instagram, X and YouTube. The corporate says this represents a 90% enhance from 2025.
It seems to be the final yr of the Emmys on a standard tv community. After 31 years of rotating between NBC, CBS, Fox and ABC, the TV Academy is now in talks with Amazon Prime Video.