Tuesday 13 September 2022 11:41 PM Emmys audience craters to all-time low of six million after post-pandemic bounce trends now

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Viewership for the Emmys has plummeted to an all-time low of 5.9 million despite last year's post-pandemic rebound as critics slammed the event. 

Monday night's viewership was 1.5 million less than last year's total, and trailed slightly behind 2020's mostly virtual ceremony that garnered 6.1 million viewers, the previous record-low, according to Neilsen. 

The low ratings came as the awards show was reviewed as fairly predictable and host Kenan Thompson received a mixed reception, with the show pulling a 1.1 rating, a 42 percent drop from last year's 1.8. 

The New York Times' Mike Hale dubbed Monday's show and Thompson's performance as 'forgettable.' 

'The show settled into an amiable and inoffensive, formless and graceless groove,' Hale wrote. 'Not much to get excited

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