Emmys Dominate Twitter Following Night of Historic Wins as ‘House of the Dragon’ Picks Up Steam

The Emmy Awards dominated PvNew’s Trending TV chart for the week of Sept. 12 – 18, pulling in more than 18 million engagements — less than the Oscars (33 million engagements) and Grammys (57 million engagements), but more than the SAG Awards (4 million), which were all tracked for a shorter length of time.

“Succession,” “Ted Lasso” and “The White Lotus” took home the top prizes during the Sept. 12 ceremony on NBC. Historic wins fromSheryl Lee Ralph, Quinta Brunson, Zendaya and Lee Jung-jae, as well as memorable moments from winners Jennifer Coolidge and Lizzo ruled Twitter chatter.

This year’s Emmys marked the return to a full-scale production for the first time since 2019, but as PvNew chief TV critic Daniel D’Addario noted in his review, “much of the production seemed strangely stuck in a hazy past.” Meanwhile, the broadcast, hosted by Kenan Thompson, earned all-time low ratings with an average of 5.92 million viewers.

HBO’s “House of the Dragon” was runner-up with 172,000 engagements — an increase of more than 70% week over week. Viewers who tuned into the fifth episode, “We Light the Way,” were quick to notice that a particular wedding scene was just as bloody as any wedding scene ever featured on “Game of Thrones.”