Major Award Show Kicked to Streaming After Ratings Disaster

The Television Academy has announced its answer to the Emmys’ steady ratings decline.

The awards show will stream exclusively on Prime Video in 2027, the Academy announced on Tuesday. It will be the first time in the awards program’s 79-year history that it won’t air on television. The move comes after this year’s ceremony, hosted by Law &Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay, shed almost a million viewers compared with last year’s ratings, the Associated Press reported.

Mariska Hargitay at the 78th Emmy Awards held at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. / Rich Polk / Variety via Getty Images

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