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Emmys Telecast Audience Slumps to All-time Low

A general view during the Governors Ball at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, US, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
A general view during the Governors Ball at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, US, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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Emmys Telecast Audience Slumps to All-time Low

A general view during the Governors Ball at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, US, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
A general view during the Governors Ball at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, US, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

This year's US television viewership for the annual star-studded Emmy awards ceremony fell roughly 24% to 5.9 million people compared to 2021, broadcaster NBC said on Tuesday, making it an all-time low according to the industry trade publication "Variety."

NBC combined viewership from its Peacock streaming service and its network TV broadcast to calculate total views. Both NBC and Peacock are units of Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O).

Viewership for all award shows has fallen in recent years, Reuters reported.

The awards telecast's most recent high was in 2013, when some 17.7 million people tuned in to the Emmy ceremony.

The Emmys, the highest awards in television, were handed out on a Monday this year instead of the typical Sunday to avoid clashing with the National Football League schedule on NBC.

The show featured several repeat winners as voters honored "Succession" as best drama and "Ted Lasso" as best comedy.

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Four-song EP by Late Singer Faithfull to Be Released in April

Faithfull performed at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 2016. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP
Faithfull performed at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 2016. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP
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Four-song EP by Late Singer Faithfull to Be Released in April

Faithfull performed at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 2016. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP
Faithfull performed at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 2016. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP

A new four-song EP by British singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died in January, is to be released in April, with the title track out on Friday, her family announced.
"As we grieve the loss of Marianne, we are pleased to announce the release of these songs which she worked on during the year before her death," said her son Nicholas Dunbar.
"Marianne lived to create and perform music –- it was her driving force and she never stopped. Right up until the end she was looking forward to this release which now completes and celebrates her remarkable artistic career."
Faithfull was an icon of Swinging Sixties culture and was known for her tempestuous relationship with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, said AFP.
The "Burning Moonlight" EP will be released as a limited-edition vinyl on April 12 and worldwide digitally on June 6.
The EP was originally due to be revealed in February but the announcement was put on hold following the singer's death on January 30.
"We decided to bring the music full circle. One side of the EP would be inspired by her debut pop LP 'Marianne Faithfull' while the flip would honor her folk roots on 'Come My Way'," said the EP's executive producer Andrew Batt.
The title song, available from Friday, is described as a "moving ballad of resilience and acceptance".
"It's a good time to look back," Faithfull said after completing the project, according to the press release.
"It helps me to remember all the things I've done. I can't say I'm a particularly nostalgic person, but I am enjoying this period of reflection."
The singer got her first break in 1964, after being discovered by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
Her first hit "As Tears Go By" written by Jagger and his fellow Rolling Stone Keith Richards, was followed with a string of successful singles, including "Come And Stay with Me", "This Little Bird" and "Summer Nights".
She also acted in films including "The Girl on a Motorcycle" and theatre productions.
She fell on hard times that included living in a squat and a heroin addiction following the end of her relationship with Jagger in 1970.
But she returned with the classic album "Broken English" in 1979 and later reinvented herself as a jazz and blues singer with 1987's critically acclaimed "Strange Weather".