I remember the Daytime Emmys drew 25 million viewers one year in the 1990s, during the era when Susan Lucci lost 18 straight times.
Brian
Lucci wasn't nominated in 1994 (the year when Dick Clark got his Lifetime Achievement Emmy), but like I said again...after that magical moment in 1999, interest in the Daytime Emmys declined; at one point, it went to
three hours, which I felt was overkill.
I didn't know this year's awards would be on Facebook Live until 45 minutes into it, and it will be that way again next year because another "fifth tier" cable channel like Reelz or even WGN America won't be interested anyway.
Oh, and Reg Grundy was included in the In Memoriam, but no Chuck Barris...for now (they're probably saving him for the Primetime Emmys in September).