Comedian Nate Bargatze helped raise the bar during Sunday’s 77th Emmys.

Today, according to Nielsen fast national data, CBS announced that the 2025 Emmys reached 7.42 million viewers for its Sunday broadcast on CBS and Paramount+. Despite going up against Sunday Night Football, the awards ceremony reached a four-year high in viewership, which is the highest since the show last aired on CBS in 2021.

It was up 8% from the 2024 broadcast on ABC, which had around 6.9 million viewers .

In addition, livestreaming on Paramount+ was up 76% from the CBS-hosted Emmys in 2021. On social media, the show drove 60.9 billion “potential impressions” and 1.6 million mentions, according to CBS. The network said that it was up 66% from last year.

The show’s success illustrates the impact of live events

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