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Jimmy Kimmel addressed the all-time-low ratings for the 72nd annual Emmys ceremony, which he hosted, at the top of his ABC show on Monday.

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00:00Well, I hosted the virtual Emmys last night. They're saying it was the highest rated Emmys ever.

00:06Oh, the lowest? Oh, all right.

00:09Jimmy Kimmel addressed the all-time low ratings for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards at the top of

00:13his ABC show on Monday. Kimmel addressed the disappointing ratings in his first episode

00:18back from a summer-long vacation. Live was hosted in Kimmel's absence by several guest hosts,

00:23including Anthony Anderson and Billy Eichner. As for the 2020 Emmys, which aired on ABC,

00:28the event pulled in 6.1 million viewers and a 1.2 rating for the 18-49 age demographic per

00:34time-adjusted Nielsen numbers. It's the second consecutive year the show has had record low

00:39ratings. Fox's 2019 show ultimately drew 7 million viewers and a 1.7 rating for 18-49ers.

00:47Still, Kimmel called the show a lot of fun and poked fun at some of the winners' video backgrounds.

00:51For instance, we learned that the winner for Best Actor, Jeremy Strong,

00:55has been haunting a Sears portrait studio. And of Zendaya, who accepted her Best Actress

01:00in a Drama Series prize for Euphoria with a number of people behind her.

01:04And we learned that the only person social distancing in Zendaya's house was Zendaya herself.

01:10Kimmel, who has previously hosted the Emmys as well as the Oscars, said the weirdest part about the

01:142020's half-live, half-virtual ceremony was that when it was over, there are usually parties and

01:19everyone is carrying their Emmys around. Everybody's happy, everybody's celebrating.

01:23This year, as the show ended, I was like, well, I guess I'll go into my car and drive home. It was

01:29nothing. The 72nd annual Emmys aired on ABC on Sunday, September 20th, and filmed both from Los

01:34Angeles Staples Center and remotely. For more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter

01:40News, I'm Neha Joy.