And the award goes to … who cares!
Apparently, more than 40% of Americans would agree that the Television Academy’s Emmys are meaningless, a new poll revealed.
The survey of 1,000 people, which was conducted by OnePoll, unveiled that only 34% of respondents actually plan on watching this year’s 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, which air on Sept. 12 on NBC.
The poll is a stark contrast from the 61% of people who said they watched the awards show at least “sometimes” in past years.
It’s also a shock since 53% of those surveyed said they watch the most TV — at 15 hours or more weekly.
Obviously, those who never really watch TV said they have no interest in watching the Emmys, with 93% of the anti-TV group expressing the sentiment.
Last year, CBS scored a larger audience for the 2021 Emmy Awards, with the show increasing eyeballs by 16% — earning 7.4 million viewers. The previous year’s ceremony, which aired during the coronavirus pandemic, only tallied an average audience of 6.4 million.
This year, Emmy awards will be presented by the likes of Selena Gomez, Ariana DeBose and Seth Meyers, amongst others, while “Saturday Night Live” star Keenan Thompson will be emceeing the whole night.
Nominees were announced in July; “Succession” scored the top nods, with the HBO show earning 25 nominations across all categories, with “The White Lotus” and “Ted Lasso” tying for second place with 20 nods each.
But poll-takers could not care less about which shows win.
The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards air on Sept. 12 live on NBC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, but will also stream on Peacock. AFP via Getty ImagesWhen it came down to the night’s biggest awards — Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series — the top choice of winner was “no preference,” weighing in at 33% and 34% respectively. Though, results noted that “Squid Game” (17%) and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (15%) came in as close seconds.
The disinterest in the Emmys could be explained by the 44% of people who believe that the Television Academy is out of touch, while 43% said they should be picking better Emmy nominees.
In fact, there was such disinterest that respondents had difficulties naming the nominated performers, and only four actors were correctly named by more than 10% of people, including Lee Jung-Jae from “Squid Games” and Winona Ryder from “Stranger Things.”
But when shown photos of various celebrities, respondents could identify a few more, like Sydney Sweeney from “Euphoria,” Sandra Oh in “Killing Eve” and Donald Glover in “Atlanta.” However, Nicholas Braun, of HBO’s “Succession” fame, was only identifiable by a mere 7% of people.
This year, the biggest night in television will air live on NBC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles while it will also stream on Peacock.







