{
  "id": 7656362,
  "title": "Emmys 2026 Ratings Fall Nearly 12% From Last Year With 6.7 Million Viewers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/emmys-2026-ratings-fall-nearly-12-from-last-year-with-6-7-million",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T23:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/emmys-2026-ratings-viewership-nbc-peacock/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 Emmys witnessed a significant decline in viewership, with preliminary numbers showing a 11.7% drop from the previous year's ceremony. The 78th annual event aired live from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater, attracting 6.7 million viewers across NBC and Peacock platforms. This marked a decline of 11.7% compared to the 7.59 million viewers who tuned in for the 77th annual awards ceremony in 2025, which was the most-watched Emmys since 2021. Despite a 10% increase in total viewers compared to NBC's 2022 Emmys, the ratings were still down nearly 10% from last year's figures. The ceremony's shift to a Monday night, to accommodate NBC's Sunday Night Football, did not negatively impact its performance, as it emerged as Monday's No. 1 entertainment show and the most-watched Monday entertainment telecast of 2026. The show also held the highest reach for a non-holiday NBC entertainment special on Peacock and generated 133 million video view counts across various social media platforms, the highest among all programs of the night.",
  "summary": "Mariska Hargitay hosted TV’s biggest night Monday on NBC and Peacock The post Emmys 2026 Ratings Fall Nearly 12% From Last Year With 6.7 Million Viewers appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Emmys Hit 6.7 Million Viewers, Down 9% From Last Year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/emmys-hit-6-7-million-viewers-down-9-from-last-year",
        "published": "2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}