Emmy Awards 2018: Why they are a Monday this year

The 2018 Emmy Awards, which take place on Sunday, are held on Monday nights, but why? The answer: football

"The Monday night movement aims to avoid conflict with Sunday night football, that the NBC broadcaster also claims to schedule this fall " Variety reports.

Monday's change is the first time in four years that the awards ceremony has changed since Sunday.

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Not only will the change in programming allow football fans to watch both the match and the Emmys, but it could also increase the number of spectators.

"The last time the network aired the awards show on a Monday, it saw a total of 15.6 million viewers, which marked the second highest broadcast of the last five years," according to Variety.

"On Sunday evening shows since the 66th annual ceremony in 2014, the Emmys only shot 11.9 million viewers live in 2015 (broadcast on Fox), 11.3 million in 2016 (broadcast on ABC) and 11.4 million live viewers. year 2017 (broadcast on CBS) ", reports the point of sale.

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The change of schedule comes nearly 70 years after the first Emmys held on Monday.

Variety "Historically, the Emmy took place for the first time on a Monday, the third annual ceremony in 1951, while the show was still part of the winter season. He returned to Monday for three more ceremonies (the seventh in 1955, the 12th in 1960 and the 16th in 1964) before the ceremony was postponed to the autumn of 1965 for the 17th annual ceremony. "

Co-hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost, the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards will be live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday at 8pm. AND on NBC.