How many people watched the Emmys? About 13.5 million -- as USA Today's Gary Levin reports, that was good enough to top the week's ratings, achieving "a virtual tie with last year's show but ahead of the 2008 version, which matched the ceremony's worst performance." Levin also notes, "This year's event may have lost potential viewers by running three weeks earlier than usual, in August (when fewer people watch TV), because of NBC's NFL commitment."

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