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Posted on 09/18/2018 12:34:08 PM PDT by ETL
Hollywood may have laughed when Emmys host Michael Che said the only white people who thank Jesus are "Republicans and ex-crackheads," but Tinseltown's latest middle finger to Middle America fell flat in flyover country, and may have contributed to the telecast's all-time low viewership.
Co-host Michael Che left many viewers of the 70th Annual Emmy Awards upset during the opening monologue with his fellow "Saturday Night Live" star Colin Jost, explaining that his mother would not be watching the show on Monday night.
"She says she doesn’t like watching white award shows because you guys don’t thank Jesus enough," Che said. "That’s true. The only white people that thank Jesus are Republicans and ex-crackheads."
The joke didn't sit well with some viewers, who took to Twitter to complain. Not only that, the show’s ratings dropped 10 percent from last year's already-dismal numbers, setting an all-time low, according to TheWrap.
While many viewers may have changed the channel after the opening monologue, jabs at average Americans were far from over and the Jesus gag became a running theme throughout the evening.
Conservative strategist Chris Barron told Fox News that “large swaths of the American public just want to be entertained” but instead were turned into "unwilling participants" in a political rally disguised as an awards show.
“Whether it’s the NFL or the Emmys, people desperately want a break from politics."
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I don’t give two farts what Hollywood does. I don’t consume their products or even recognize their employees anymore.
They are dead to me.
Mutual Admiration Society...
I thought it was Henry Kissinger.
Well here in Missouri, that probably got Hawley a few thousand extra votes.
Don’t feel bad...I recognized NOBODY; not a single person.
Pure lowlife trash.
Somebody’s gonna be drooling soon.
Same here. But it is nice to know the ratings for the Emmys have hit an all-time low.
Low-class women. Ugh.
LOL...Poor ol’ Henry. Is he still around?
Eyew.
FWIW-——”The Americans” is fantastic.
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Had no idea the Emmy’s were on but if I had known, it wouldn’t have made any difference. I make it a point to avoid media garbage.
At least we won’t have to share Heaven with those horrid people.
“I recognized exactly ONE of the people “
That’s one more than I recognized. The older I get, the more ridiculous these people seem to be. Freaks. Totally not of this earth.
Quit TV in 2002?
Beat you to it, FRiend. I quit when Reagan was president.
I do, however, download and watch classic television from a happier era — McHale’s Navy, F Troop, The Munsters, Gilligan’s Island, The Rockford files, and a whole mess of westerns.
As for the Emmy Awards — never seen ‘em, even once. I’d sooner watch the antics of Sgt. O’Rourke and Corp. Agarn than watch a bunch of Hollywood perverts celebrate their own pervertedness.
Was this show on recently?
Contents
1 Emmy Awards
1.1 Primetime Emmy Awards
1.1.1 Cast nominations by season
1.2 Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2 Art Directors Guild Awards
3 Directors Guild Awards
4 GLAAD Media Awards
5 Golden Globe Awards
6 Imagen Foundation Awards
7 NAACP Image Awards
8 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards
9 Peabody Awards
10 People’s Choice Awards
11 Producers Guild of America Awards
12 Satellite Awards
13 Screen Actors Guild Awards
14 Teen Choice Awards
15 Television Critics Awards
16 Writers Guild of America Awards
17 Young Artist Award
18 References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Modern_Family
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