2025 Emmys Score With 7.4 Million Viewers, Up 8% From Last Year

The 2025 Emmys proved to be a viewership success, growing its audience from last year by 8%. The 77th annual awards ceremony scored 7.42 million viewers across CBS, Paramount+ and other platforms, according to live-plus-same-day viewing data from Nielsen. The ceremony was the most-watched Emmys since 2021, the last time it aired on CBS. It was also the most-watched live entertainment program on CBS since the Grammys. Additionally, streaming of the awards show on Paramount+ was up 76% from 2021. Entertainment Tonight's Emmys pre-show, which ran from 7:14 p.m. ET to 8 p.m. ET, averaged 3.26 . . .