For a few years now — three? five? — the most interesting thing about the Emmys broadcast hasn’t been the speeches or the gowns or even the awards themselves. It’s been the spectacle of broadcast television nervously, and a little desperately, dancing on its own grave.

That was true again Sunday night, when Fox gamely played host to a telecast in which all but two awards (both for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”) went to cable networks or streaming services. (Just for good measure, Disney announced during the broadcast that pre-orders could be made for its Disney Plus streaming service.)

Like a three-hour magnifying glass, the Emmys show focuses the changes that are scorching the television business. What’s revealed is that no one’s sure what works at the moment. There’s more good TV (broadly defined) than ever, but it’s too multifarious, too out of control, for the old awards-show format, and no one’s found the answer yet.