You mean Americans didn’t want to watch a bunch of smug elites from Hollywood pat themselves on the backs for playing make believe all evening while lecturing them about politics?
Who’da thunk it.
Colbert's Emmys on track to be the least-watched Emmys ever https://t.co/y4l0gpHQlV pic.twitter.com/ctg4xM7ST9
— The Hill (@thehill) September 18, 2017
From The Hill:
The 2017 Emmy Awards show hosted by Stephen Colbert on CBS is tracking to be the lowest-rated in the show’s televised history, according to preliminary numbers from Nielsen Media Research.
The 8.2 overnight rating among metered-market households is down 2 percent from the previous all-time low from just last year, when Jimmy Kimmel hosted on ABC. An 8.2 rating equates to about 11.2 million viewers.
Gosh, that’s not good, Stephen. Worse than Jimmy Kimmel?
#weird MT @thehill Colbert's Emmys on track to be the least-watched Emmys ever pic.twitter.com/3GAa9cEaaA
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) September 18, 2017
Right? Who doesn’t love watching a bunch of guys dressed up like they’re in the Handmaid’s Tale?
Most folks don't want to tune in to a political lecture, i.e. most any televised awards ceremony these days.
— David Walsh, Jr. (@jeffersonianguy) September 18, 2017
If people want to get lectured about politics they’ll just watch MSNBC.
Couldn't happen to a more deserving fella.
— Matthew Moon (@seenyourluna) September 18, 2017
They really do this to themselves.
I'm sure all the political grandstanding by celebrities during past awards shows had nothing to do with this ratings drop. #sarcasm
— Michael Gryboski (@MichaelGryboski) September 18, 2017
Nope, nothing to do with it at all.
https://twitter.com/rcaster/status/909813963822649346
Bingo.
Prefer watching paint dry…
A mere 5% of the American public bothered to tune into the liberal Hollywood hate fest.— Sasha?? #America1st (@sasha031) September 18, 2017
Tough crowd.
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