The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff, Wire Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 03:54 PM
President Trump: "Saddened " That Emmy Ratings So Low
President Donald Trump
tweeted late Tuesday that he was “saddened” to learn that the ratings
for Sunday night's Emmy Awards telecast on CBS, hosted by Stephen
Colbert, were not good.
Trump tweeted, “I was saddened to see how bad the ratings were on the
Emmys last night - the worst ever.”
The president’s Tuesday night tweet was a little off: The show was on
Sunday, not Monday, and the ratings didn’t quite hit bottom, though they
were close.
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I was saddened to see how bad the ratings were on the Emmys last night -
the worst ever. Smartest people of them all are the "DEPLORABLES."
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The Nielsen company estimated that 11.4 million people watched, slightly
more than last year’s lowest-ever audience of 11.3 million. But six
markets in Florida have not reported, as Hurricane Irma is still holding
up the process in areas that were severely impacted by the storm.
“The Emmys are a Hollywood bubble show," Media Research Center vice
president Dan Gainor told Fox News. "Actors and directors get to pretend
they are important because they are doing such insightful takes on life
in America, when they have zero idea what life in America is for the
other 330 million people."
Trump added, “Smartest people of them all are the ‘DEPLORABLES.’” That’s
a reference to a remark Hillary Clinton made during last year’s
presidential campaign, when she said half of Trump's supporters belonged
in a “basket of deplorables.”
The Emmys went head-to-head against NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” which
presumably didn’t help viewership, but the awards have now hit new
ratings lows for three straight years. Perhaps some viewers want to
enjoy the awards show as an escape from politics, or perhaps some
viewers simply don’t agree with everything the Hollywood elite has to
say.