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The “31st Annual Emmy Awards” remains the highest-rated Emmy broadcast. The show, which aired Sept. 9, 1979, beat out last Sunday’s telecast. Top 10 Emmy award shows, ranked by audience percentage:

Rank Program Ntwk. Air date Aud. 1 31st Emmy awards ABC Sept., 1979 27.3 2 28th Emmy awards ABC May, 1976 25.3 3 27th Emmy awards CBS May, 1975 25.0 4 38th Emmy awards NBC Sept., 1986 23.1 5 33rd Emmy awards CBS Sept., 1981 22.3 6 34th Emmy awards ABC Sept., 1982 21.7 7 37th Emmy awards ABC Sept., 1985 18.6 8 30th Emmy awards CBS Sept., 1978 18.3 9 36th Emmy awards CBS Sept., 1984 17.1 10 46th Emmy awards ABC Sept., 1994 14.6

Source: Nielsen Media Research