Although the Emmy Awards , set to air on Sunday night on CBS, don’t award the most-watched shows, it’s nice to have an insight into which TV shows were the most popular among viewers. And the numbers may come as quite a surprise.

In a new Nielsen report of how many hours were watched of the series in the top Emmy categories, it was revealed that CBS’ “ Survivor ” — which broke back into the race this year, nudging out “The Voice” — racked up more than twice as many viewing hours as any other show nominated for best drama, comedy, limited or reality competition series, during the eligibility period.

Nielsen numbers count for total viewing hours (in the Emmy window) across broadcast, cable and streaming, which means libraries on streamers are added into consideration — a big plus for

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