One number is shrinking. The rooms are not.

6.7 million people watched the Emmy telecast, down from 7.4 million the year before.

In the same week, BizBash walked through the rooms built around it. The Television Academy's Governors Gala served 12,000 handmade agnolotti under 5,450 silk floral stems. HBO Max, coming off 21 wins from 122 nominations, installed a nine-foot resin logo and a caviar speakeasy inside a members' club. At the Chateau Marmont pool, The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA ran a nominees party sponsored by Snapchat and Waymo, with a cocktail called the Waymotini.

The telecast number is the only one going down.

A robotaxi company bought a seat at that pool. Someone over there had done the arithmetic.