The 77th Emmy Awards put on a star-studded ceremony on Sunday night (September 14), and the live broadcast proved to be a ratings winner for CBS, with the awards show attracting its biggest audience in years.
According to Variety, citing Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on CBS and live streams on Paramount+, the 2025 ceremony brought in 7.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched Emmys since 2021. This was up 8% on last year’s ceremony, which aired on ABC in September 2024.
The 2025 Emmys, hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze, matched the 7.4 million viewers who watched the 2021 ceremony, which also aired on CBS. In the years since, the show has aired on NBC, Fox, and ABC, none of which were able to beat CBS’ numbers.
Nielsen also noted that live streaming viewers increased by 76% compared to 2021.
It should be noted that the 75th Emmy Awards aired at the unusual time of January 2024, after it was moved from its scheduled September 2023 slot due to the Hollywood writer and actor strikes. This meant the ceremony went up against the NFL playoffs, resulting in record-low ratings with 4.3 million viewers.
Sunday’s ceremony saw the likes of Netflix’s Adolescence, Apple TV+’s The Studio, and HBO Max’s The Pitt walk away with multiple awards. The Pitt earned the Best Drama Series trophy, beating out tough competition such as The White Lotus and Severance.
The Studio won four awards, including for the Best Comedy Series, adding to its nine wins at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys and making the Seth Rogen series the most awarded comedy ever at the Emmys.
Adolescence took home six awards, including acting nods for stars Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, and 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who made history as the youngest male winner across any acting category ever.
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