The Emmys Aren’t Going Anywhere

If recent ratings trends hold up, tonight’s strike-postponed Emmys on Fox will be lucky to reach more than 6 million viewers and may well end up the least-watched ever. Given the overall collapse of linear TV audiences in the past decade — and the even worse tune-in decline for awards shows — nobody in Hollywood will be surprised by such an outcome. But while the Emmys ceremony has never been more culturally irrelevant, industry insiders say the golden-winged statuette remains as coveted as ever among creatives and the executives who employ them.