• by Wayne Friedman , September 24, 2012

ABC's had some good and bad news concerning the "Emmys".

The three-hour “The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards” was down 10% to a Nielsen preliminary 3.8 rating/9 share down from a 4.2 rating of a year ago. The good news was that ABC's total viewer total gained over Fox's results -- 13.2 million to 12.4 million.

The Emmys big problem in recent years -- going against NBC's "Sunday Night Football". NBC's "SNF" went a bit lower week to week -- to a 8.1/20 down from a 8.9 rating a week ago. That said New England Patriots-Baltimore Ravens contest was the best "week 3" game in four weeks.