Emmys 2018: Ratings hit all-time low, is 'Saturday Night Live' to blame?

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Ratings for last night's Emmy Awards telecast hit all time low. Is 'Saturday Night Live' to blame?

 

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Yes not funny they do not deserve to be at SNL.

Did not watch the shit show

I love the clothing and the acceptant speeches. I could care less about viewership. Maybe it’s time for award shows to be pretaped and then stream. I check IMDB or Instagram for them

Why must we dwell on numbers? We all know most folks watch the highlight reels on social media. We are no longer a people who watch things LIVE. Also, why can’t we focus the headlines on all victories of the night

It was too political.People are turn off about all that. Stick to the theme of the show.Although I did like Mayas response to the tie joke.That was funny!

All of the awards shows have become too political - people hear enough of politics all day, everyday and look for an escape - sadly, the awards shows do not provide that, hence the ratings.

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I enjoyed it as much as I ever do these types of shows.

alstar3636 It was so bad that I flipped and watched my Seahawks get pounded.

Awards shows are too long and quite boring.

Let those ratings keep dropping!!! Yahoo! Nobody wants to hear their left political bias anymore.

No. It wasn't funny. No reiterating after winner named of the show. Lost track of who was winning for what. Lost interest.

Yes. Boring.

Yes, very DISAPPOINTED

Boring! Worst Emmy show ever. Jokes were not funny, but were distasteful, and bordering on reverse racist. Tired of politics everywhere. I turn on those shows to be entertained. Find some new material to help your audiences escape the reality of The NEWS. NOT FUNNY!

It was pretty much a yawn fest

YES

Can’t stand arrogant, self aggrandizing, political award shows. I was reading a very good book, as I do most evenings. Good books Trump bad TV every time.

SNL IS NOT to Blame. The Very Tightly Scripted Show with no spontaneity and no human side/soul. Cook Book acceptance speeches (pretty much) are to blame!!!! THE PRODUCERS and CORPORATE SPONSORS are Killing It!!!!

Them OHHHHH wait there not in Hollywood

If your say yes to the dress or chopped or outlander then I watch you that is it outlander actors act and the Emmy’s don’t even acknowledge

And the Actors can’t act all we get is remakes or sad depressing shows there isn’t one actor or actress I look up to well maybe Helen Mirren

No. It’s because we don’t want to hear a bunch of entitled self-absorbed and over-paid people preach their BS political ideology.

No it is because it was on Monday night and on same time as football. It belongs on Sunday.

No. Its just that NO ONE CARES.

Leftist liberals are to blame with such unchecked intolerance of common sense.

Love it! Another liberal tank of a show. And the funny part is they think they will win in 2020.

Who would watch an awards show on a week night?

I actually WATCHED and ENJOYED the Emmys for the first time. Ijs 🤷🏾‍♀️

The awards were so boring, imo

No. People just done with the PC political bullshit Hollywood shits out at these events.

I’m not surprised at all. All the award shows have become too political. The viewers just want to be entertained for those hours.

Tired of people tooting their own horn. Then knocking Christianity sealed it for me that I would ever consider watching this farce in the future

It was BORING.

Hahahaha ... maybe somebody will realize when you judge everything by colors ppl get TIRED of it.....ppl are ppl.... no one has it MADE.. life= up- down

Probably. Without a doubt The worst Emmys ever. It was like the SNL crew was going through the motions totally not giving a shit!

no NFL is

They are boring! 😴😴😴

Nope- don’t blame it on SNL... think about it.

SNL has long sucked since the beginning when the original cast members started. Bill Mury, Dan Akroid, Beluchi, Radner...They were funny, the writing was awesome. Now, it's a waste of time. As for the Emmy's, it was unbearable to watch, so I changed the channel and didn't miss it

No. Liberal crap is to blame. Nobody wants to hear it

What's this thing you call the Emmy Awards and why is it "telecast"?

Not everyone has access to HBO, Netflix, etc. so why would they watch the Emmys when they don’t watch these shows? Was different in the past when NBC, CBS and ABC shows were the nominated ones.

I don’t like the fact that only a few network/cable shows didn’t get nominated. There are a lot of us who don’t subscribe to HBO or Netflix. I watched the beginning, didn’t recognize most of the nominees so I stopped watching.

It had the worst jokes ever. Let’s move on from the political movement and find some real humor.

SNL is NOT to blame. Dying use of Cable tv is. Who watches cable anymore!? netflix hulu amazon starz

It was so boring - the jokes were not funny and the scripts/writing were terrible. I watched it for 45 minutes and had to turn it off. Worst ever! 45 minutes I will never get back!

It’s shite, there’s no danger everyone is so bland no character. Individuality gone. What’s with the hate towards white people?

The worst!!!!!

They certainly didn't help however most are not watching because it appears to gear towards one nationality

Out of touch

Glad ratings were low, won’t watch again!

Award shows are going the way of NFL, NASCAR ,Miss America, etc. people are tired of millionaires crying about their politics and blame games.

This should really be a lesson to Hollywood that they are going to preach themselves out of a job. These ratings are America telling them we are sick of being spoken down to.

I’d Rather heard more of acceptance speeches then the skits they did on the Emmys majority of them had laugh tracks, because they weren’t funny:-( How about StephenColbert StephenAtHome or JimmyFallon

No. We are tired of celebrities. Their mouths ...

Made me uncomfortable to watch! It should be entertainment not politics! Horrible from opening musical skit to the end. How many times can the same thing be said over and over again!

Yes

It’s become one long bore fest.

Show to long

I didn't know it was on.

I can watch CNN if I want to see some political trashing. At least CNN mixes in a little news.

A couple of nobodys from SNL hosting might be a big part of it.

Sure when the Weekend Update anchors are hosting, all they do is trash the POTUS and people are tired of this. Hollywood has no grounds to judge anyone...period and these award shows need to go away for good. Nobody wants to waste their nights on this garbage. NobodyCares

They did a great job

Yes

Too many categories and pretty thin material.

DaleyDaley03 Like the Miss America pagent, their time has past! Hell TV, is nothing resembling what it was, at the Emmy awards inception! Blaming anyone is just lazy stupid journalism!

No, hate Trump politics is to blame.

Could the media be this dumb to wonder why?

Has USA today become another FOX news?

I liked it and laughed. Critics are too critical.

No...the actors themselves are to blame for making the shows about politics and throwing temper tantrums because certain people did not get nominated or won...refuse to watch any award show anymore.

No one wants to see spoiled millionaires give themselves awards

people are tired of celebrities political views

Absolutely no interest in high paid nobodies. I haven’t watched in years

I was way more excited about Tina fey and Amy pohler hosting so for me it’s not a SNL things

That's what ya get for doin shit in the summer time

LIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD, IT'S MONDAY NIGHT FAILURE FAILURE.

No longer interested in any of it, as too many tide pod eaters, going too far left.

We the People are tired of Hollywood bashing our President!

It was a bad show. The SNL folks are fine on Saturdays for the first 30 minutes and then they run out of material. That hasn't changed in their entire run. Now you take an ensemble that can't do 60 minutes and hand them three hours ... results were predictable.

Uh no. Its the fucking TheEmmys who really gives a damn?

We were watching Ozark on netflix .

That’s why I just watch Netflix now 😎

No. So many have CUT THE CABLE!

Or maybe its because people want entertainment, not listen to a bunch of disenfranchised self important narcissists talk politics

Liked how smooth it went; the mc's, not so much.

Worst ratings EVER

We all know very well why the ratings are tanking!

Imagine an All-Star game played 4-6mths AFTER the regular season & championship week. Yawn.

Hollywood to blame. Tired of celebrities pushing their political views every second a soap box is available. Hey guys, you’re entertainers. Entertain.

Hollywood is to blame. Enough patting on the back for a job that pays them extremely well. We all should get an award for the job we do. What makes them so special?

I think we’re all over watching rich people celebrate themselves.

Even if this show was great they let one stupid writer go on a tirade of why he hates the Emmy. This writer is a clown prob didn’t even watch the show

We’re sick of perverted Hollywood! Fill TV with sexual filth & mockery of The Only True & Living God. Then flood media with he did / she crap related to sexual perversion! Who is Really at Fault?!

The first news tweet I saw about the emmy's was "not enough metoo". The second was how long it took for a person of color to win an award. I don't give a shit about either of those things, but I love good TV. When the emmy's aren't only about politics, I'll watch.

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People don’t watch television in the same way. The digital world has changed everything

I hate with a passion, everything about the people performing, attending and watching these kinds of far left programs. Besides, they've made it very clear they don't like or want white people. Good luck with your minorities only party.

Nobody cares about this stuff

No! The host and America’s discust with the content. America is TurningTheEmmysOff and will continue to KeepItOff until it’s about the award and not about slamming politicians, religion, and anyone else that doesn’t agree with their agenda. Do what you get paid to do, PRETEND!

These self adulation dress fest are a thing of the past...

My wife said it was pretty boring. I did not watch, fortunately 🙃

I tried to watch and it just wasn’t funny at all. I like SNL, watch it all the time, but it did not work last night. Seemed way to forced, funny people not being all that funny, others trying to hard to be funny.. not good.

Hollywood is to blame

The Emmys, as we know it, is done. What is considered a TV network (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS) had been replaced with cable. It would be worthwhile to consider Cable Awards show.

I’ve never bothered to watch an award show. I honestly don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything.

Sounds like I didn't miss anything!

No it was on a day were people didn’t want to stay up late

Probs because more people are tuned into Rachel Maddow because this country is in a crisis and we have to be informed and vote! Vote Blue!

Sorry but this show sucked

TheEmmys Most Americans don't believe in the leftist ideology of these so called entertainers. They denounce God. They attack America. Terrible actors and actresses walk around and hand each other trophies. Its a running joke with a bad punch line.

Monday Night Football didn’t help

Why was it on Monday verses Sunday. And who cares about the Emmys.

Liberal bias is to blame. Just as all the others have declined too.

Or becouse is too politicall too liberal and too black?

No way. Most of the shows nominated were on cable TV. Past Emmy shows came from network TV. I know, people that had no clue about the shows nominated. Not everyone has cable. It’s too expensive! 🙄🤪

There are few things I care less about than awards shows. Anything interesting that happens will be covered the next day, no need to suffer for an hour of boredom

i watched the whole show but after awhile it was just background noise, wasnt very funny, awkward silences and the audience also looked bored.

Hollywood is to blame. People don't want politics involved in every aspect of life. They also don't want entitled people telling them what their views need to be. Yahoo news: "Emmy nominations were racially diverse, but the winners were not." So should race decide winners now?

No Monday Night Football

No. Leftist stars trying to be experts on politics is to blame

SNL is a shitshow also. It's an hour and a half of partisan humor. It blows.

Millenials

Too nasty politically never watch

No one wants to listen to all of the liberal garbage these overpaid people are spewing as they hand awards to each other.

Simple, people don’t watch live tv anymore. The list of Emmy winners should tell you that, seeing as how basically only Netflix and Amazon shows won anything

I’m in Chicago man, I had the Bears, and Cubs going last night. Quit over evaluating shit.

Yes

Monday....

No. Boring congratulatory TV is to blame. Someone needs to rethink these crap rewards shows. Put it on HBO and let it rip. You’ll see some ratings. We want the real.

Yes, cause we want to watch hollywood pat themselves on the back and tell us how we should all think and act. No thanks

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I will never watch them until the Daytime Emmy Awards are given a network and the respect it deserves.

People have “awards show” fatigue. As in, “who cares.”

No it’s the obvious Black guy

No it was on a Monday after a hurricane. 2 damn states couldn’t even watch if they wanted too

It was unwatchable.

Lol liberals will never learn.

Yet, when "SNL" airs new shows, they get covered as if everyone watches. Media does stories on their skits. It is a love fest. Award shows are now too political and hateful to the majority of the audience. They should play to the masses but go niche now.

As long as these actors keep insulting the people that they depend on to see their movies then this is what you'll get.

I can't speak to this because I didn't watch. A Monday night? Thought Awards Shows were on Sundays?

I blame whoever voted on what won. Unbelievable how Handmaid's Tale, Stranger Things was snubbed for shows that ended. F**k game of thrones.

No. Anti-Trump, Anti-Christian and Anti-White bigotry is to blame. stupidass

Maybe it is because of NFL players taking a knee?

I think whats happening is that the wide spread of have and have nots makes it a negative - not aspirational.

It was truly, truly awful.

We don’t watch this shit anymore. Working class don’t care. Isn’t the reward that people like your product? Why the need to create a trophy? Not relatable or entertaining.

The Emmys always sucked SNL only made it worse.

No. Extreme, hyper-partisan politics & the denouncement of God are to blame.

There's a new awards show every other month . . . maybe people are getting sick of them.

Duh! Who wants to listen to these elitist over privileged whack jobs spew their ideology and insults?

i thought explicit masturbation was not allowed on tv? 😂

Both shows so way off to the Left they’re falling of the ratings cliff.

No one gives a shit 🙄🙄

Liberals have destroyed the Emmys. And Sesame Street. What else will they destroy next? NBA?

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No, it's because awards shows have always been snoozefests of grandiosity. I'm interested in who wins, nominated etc, but the shows themselves have sucked for years.

The inevitable PC bs is to blame. Award shows have been getting ever more political every year & every year the ratings drop lower & lower

who watches live TV anymore, let alone an award show? (besides sports)

Liberal Hollywood is to blame! 🤦‍♀️🤪

Why should we spend hours watching the wealthy elite collect awards? F that. Get back to work! More content!

People have lives and families to feed...the Emmys is at the bottom of the bottom list! 😂

Lol

yup!!! Liberal Bias

nah

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