TV OT: How the Emmys sounded the alarms for the award-show ratings nightmare
(CNN.com Entertainment)

The record-low ratings for last year`s Emmys turned out to be the canary in the coalmine for steep across-the-board drops in award-show viewing -- the alarm for an unwelcome wakeup call. Yet if hope springs eternal that those shows can at least partially rebound, challenges associated with the pandemic and shift to streaming only heightened problems already plaguing TV`s highest honor and awards in general.