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The 78th Emmy Awards drew a somewhat smaller audience than the 77th awards.

Final same-day ratings for Monday’s telecast put the Emmys at 6.8 million viewers on NBC, Peacock and other digital platforms. That’s down about 10 percent from last year, when the awards scored 7.59 million viewers on CBS. Monday’s audience figures are more or less in line with the 6.9 million viewers for the 2024 Emmys on ABC.

The Emmys did improve from the last time they were on NBC in 2022; that broadcast averaged 5.92 million viewers. The NBC-only audience for Monday’s show is about 6.3 million, with the remaining 500,000 coming from Peacock and other digital platforms.

Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay hosted the Emmys (which had their share of highs and lows), and Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay dominated the night with six wins: best comedy series, writing and directing for a comedy and acting honors for Matthew Rhys, Kate O’Flynn and Stephen Root. Combined with eight wins from the earlier Creative Arts awards, Widow’s Bay set a record for most Emmy wins by a comedy series in a single year with 14. Apple TV also won the overall Emmys race with 28 awards.

The 78th Emmys were the final awards under the Television Academy’s current deal with ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, which air them in a four-year rotation. The academy is in talks with Prime Video to move the awards to the Amazon-owned streamer; every previous ceremony has aired on a broadcast outlet.

Sept. 16, 3:35 p.m. Updated with final same-day ratings for the Emmys.

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