Around 6.87 million people watched the 76th annual Emmy Awards on ABC Sunday, the highest audience in three years, per Nielsen figures. Why it matters: Sunday's show drew 54% more viewers than the 75th Emmys on Fox in January.

Nearly seven million viewers watched the Emmy Awards on September 15 night a jump of more than 50 percent from the record low of the last ceremony in January and the biggest audience since 2021

The “76th Emmy Awards” telecast on ABC posted the award show’s largest overall audience in 3 years, since the show’s airing on CBS (9/19/21), which enjoyed an NFL football game lead-in. Sunday’s show outperformed ABC’s previous airing by +8% in Total Viewers (6.87 million vs. 6.39 million on 9/20/20).

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys telecast on ABC reached nearly 7 million viewers, a jump of more than 50 percent from the record low of the last ceremony in January and the biggest audience since 2021, according to numbers released Monday by the network.

An estimated 6.9 million people watched Sunday's Emmy Awards telecast that featured record-setting wins for sweeping historical drama "Shogun," Disney-owned broadcaster ABC said on Monday, reaching a three-year high for the awards show.