By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After moving up a month and switching to a weekday evening, Monday’s Primetime Emmy awards drew 15.6 million viewers, a drop from last year’s Sunday night show despite a new host, a passionate kiss and a touching tribute. This year’s Emmy awards, which saw AMC’s drug drama “Breaking Bad” and ABC’s hit “Modern Family” take home the top awards in drama and comedy, drew the second-highest viewership in the past eight years, NBC said on Tuesday, citing Nielsen ratings figures. On social media, Emmys were a top trending topic on Twitter throughout the telecast, while 6.2 million people discussed the show on Facebook. Key moments from the night included “Veep” winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus locking lips with Bryan Cranston for a passionate kiss as a throwback to their “Seinfeld” days as she went up to collect her best comedy actress award, and an audience question-and-answer session with Melissa McCarthy asking whether her illegally parked car would get towed.
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