VIRTUAL EMMYS DRAW RECORD LOW AUDIENCE

The TV audience for Sunday's first virtual Emmy Awards ceremony dropped to a record low of 6.1 million viewers, according to data released by ABC. A year ago, roughly 6.9 million people watched the Emmys on Fox. Viewership for awards shows has been dropping for years. The recent high for the Emmys, the highest honours in television, hit 17.7 million viewers in 2013. This year, the three-hour ceremony had neither a red carpet nor a live audience due to the pandemic, and it faced competition from a close NFL game and an NBA playoff contest. Jimmy Kimmel, shown, hosted from the Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles. A few celebrities and an alpaca joined him at the venue to present awards, while cameras captured nominees' live reactions from their homes or other locations.