Mags Make Most of Emmy

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The Emmy Awards telecast on ABC may have been something of a disappointment -- the lowest-rated since 1990 -- but the syndicated magazines' carpet-to-carpet coverage of the glitzy awards show was anything but. All of the entertainment mags were up significantly Monday from the prior week

ET had the biggest number, averaging a 5.8/10 Monday and winning its time period in Baltimore with a huge 11.8/22 and Atlanta with an 8.3/14.

Access Hollywood averaged a 4.0/7, scoring particularly well in New York, 6.9/11, and L.A., 5.1/8.

Inside Edition got a 3.7/9, followed by Extra's 3.3/7 and newcomer, The insider, with a 2.8/6, a new high for the new show (its sixth day).

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.