Oscar viewership rises 50% from last year but still records second-worst rating in history
2 years, 8 months ago

Oscar viewership rises 50% from last year but still records second-worst rating in history

Firstpost  

Television ratings for the Oscars rebounded somewhat from last year’s record low, but the event clearly doesn’t have the appeal to viewers that it once had. Sunday’s ceremony reached an estimated 15.36 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen company numbers released on Monday by ABC. CODA won best picture in Sunday’s ceremony, but all of the winners and losers were overshadowed by best actor winner Will Smith storming the stage to slap comic Chris Rock because of a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. That led to several changes in the Oscars going into this year, including the addition of hosts and awarding eight categories ahead of the broadcast and editing them into the live show.

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Emmy Awards ratings up more than 50 percent, reversing record lows
3 months, 1 week ago

Emmy Awards ratings up more than 50 percent, reversing record lows

The Independent  

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Olympic opening ceremony draws total audience of 28.6 million viewers, most since 2012
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympic opening ceremony draws total audience of 28.6 million viewers, most since 2012

New York Times  

The viewership for the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games is often a precursor for how the Olympics will play out when it comes to the number of eyeballs on the product. For instance: The opening ceremony of the COVID-19-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics averaged 17 million viewers across all of NBC’s platforms in 2021, the smallest audience for any opening …

Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ but ratings aren’t quite a blockbuster
9 months, 1 week ago

Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ but ratings aren’t quite a blockbuster

The Hindu  

Barbenheimer brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. But that upward trend comes from an all-time low during the pandemic, and is up just 4% from last year’s estimated audience of 18.7 million, according to numbers released Monday by ABC. The Academy experimented with …

Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ but ratings aren’t quite a blockbuster
9 months, 1 week ago

Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ but ratings aren’t quite a blockbuster

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — “Barbenheimer” brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. But that upward trend comes from an all-time low during the pandemic, and is up just 4% from last year’s estimated audience of 18.7 million, according to numbers released Monday by ABC. The …

Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza snarl traffic outside Oscars
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza snarl traffic outside Oscars

The Hindu  

Protests over over Israel's war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Academy Awards on March 10, slowing stars' arrival at the red carpet and turning the Oscar spotlight toward the ongoing conflict. Aside from the Israel-Hamas war, the war in Ukraine will be on some attendees' minds, particularly those of the journalist filmmakers behind the documentary favourite, “20 Days in …

Oscars telecast draws 19.5 million viewers, up 4% from last year
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Oscars telecast draws 19.5 million viewers, up 4% from last year

LA Times  

Ryan Gosling performs “I’m Just Ken” during the 96th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A lively Oscars ceremony boosted by two genuine blockbuster best picture nominees in “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” helped boost the ABC telecast to its largest audience since 2020. The 96th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood was watched on …

Emmy Awards get record low ratings with audience of 4.3 million people
11 months, 1 week ago

Emmy Awards get record low ratings with audience of 4.3 million people

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Emmy Awards telecast on Fox reached a record low audience of 4.3 million viewers, as the long-term trend of diminishing ratings for the show continues. The Nielsen company said Tuesday that the Monday night show hosted by Anthony Anderson with “Succession” and “The Bear” raking in most of the top awards was down from the previous …

With viewership up 12% from last year, Oscars win the ratings week
1 year, 9 months ago

With viewership up 12% from last year, Oscars win the ratings week

LA Times  

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” wins best picture at the 95th Academy Awards at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023. ABC’s highest-rated non-Oscars program was its drama about Seattle firefighters, “Station 19,” which was 21st for the week, averaging 3.975 million viewers. “The Masked Singer” averaged 4.017 million viewers, third for Fox programs and 20th for the week. The …

Audience for 95th Oscars rebounds slightly to 18.7 million
1 year, 9 months ago

Audience for 95th Oscars rebounds slightly to 18.7 million

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Whether it was the lingering drama of The Slap or the prominence of blockbusters in the best picture race, a bigger audience was lured back to the Oscars this year. The 95th Academy Awards, which aired Sunday night on ABC, was viewed by an estimated 18.7 million, according to preliminary Fast National Live+Same Day numbers released Monday …

Ratings for 2022 Grammy Awards telecast close to last year’s all-time low
2 years, 8 months ago

Ratings for 2022 Grammy Awards telecast close to last year’s all-time low

LA Times  

Host Trevor Noah speaks at the 64th Grammy Awards on Sunday in Las Vegas. TV viewing for the 64th Grammy Awards ceremony will only be slightly above last year’s all-time low. CBS estimates that this year’s telecast will end up with 9.6 million viewers when out-of-home viewing data is added, a 4% gain over last year. Unlike the Oscars, this …

Oscars audience tops 15 million, exceeding last year
2 years, 8 months ago

Oscars audience tops 15 million, exceeding last year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Television ratings for the Oscars rebounded somewhat from last year’s record low, but the event clearly doesn’t have the appeal to viewers that it once had. Sunday’s ceremony reached an estimated 15.36 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen company numbers released on Monday by ABC. “CODA” won best picture in Sunday’s ceremony, but all of the winners …

Will Smith’s slap snaps the Oscars out of its ratings tailspin
2 years, 8 months ago

Will Smith’s slap snaps the Oscars out of its ratings tailspin

LA Times  

Will Smith’s stunning onstage slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday made for one of the most memorable moments in show business history — and likely helped give a ratings boost to ABC’s beleaguered telecast, at least late in the ceremony. The viral moment likely gave a boost to ABC in the final hour of the broadcast — …

Oscars in Covid chaos! Stars panic as they await PCR results
2 years, 8 months ago

Oscars in Covid chaos! Stars panic as they await PCR results

Daily Mail  

The 2022 Academy Award attendees have been left fearing they'll miss the ceremony as they nervously await the results of two mandatory PCR tests ahead of Sunday’s ceremony. Preparations well underway outside the Dolby Theatre on Wednesday as the Academy Awards returned home to Hollywood A year on from the panned pandemic ceremony, the Oscars are back to their full-scale …

Everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars, from hosts to nominees to drama
2 years, 9 months ago

Everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars, from hosts to nominees to drama

LA Times  

Movies and the people who make them will be celebrated when the 94th Academy Awards take place this weekend, marking the official end of the 2021-22 film awards circuit, previously known as the Oscar season from hell. Jane Campion’s western “The Power of the Dog” has been the awards season juggernaut and leads the pack with 12 nominations, including best …

Oscars slim down, will hand out 8 awards ahead of broadcast
2 years, 10 months ago

Oscars slim down, will hand out 8 awards ahead of broadcast

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — To combat slumping ratings, the Oscars are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight awards to be presented off-air during next month’s telecast of the 94th Academy Awards. In a letter sent Tuesday to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the group’s president, David Rubin, said that the awards for film editing, production …

Emmy ratings up to 7.4 million viewers this year
3 years, 3 months ago

Emmy ratings up to 7.4 million viewers this year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Emmys accomplished what is becoming a rarity for awards shows these days, by actually increasing its viewership over the previous years. The Nielsen company estimated that 7.4 million people watched Sunday night’s show, where the comedy “Ted Lasso” and streaming service Netflix were the big winners. That’s up from the 6.1 million people who watched a …

Academy Awards television audience plummets to 9.85 million
3 years, 7 months ago

Academy Awards television audience plummets to 9.85 million

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Academy Awards television audience plunged to 9.85 million viewers on ABC, less than half of the Oscars’ previous low and continuing a startling trend of viewer tune out for awards shows. The Nielsen company’s preliminary estimate shows that the audience who watched “Nomadland” win best picture on Sunday was 58% below last year’s tally of 23.6 …

Oscars telecast draws 9.85 million viewers for ABC, a record low
3 years, 7 months ago

Oscars telecast draws 9.85 million viewers for ABC, a record low

LA Times  

Despite a night of historic firsts and a major upset in the best actor category, the 93rd Academy Awards could not avoid the TV ratings slide that has hit awards shows during the pandemic. ABC’s telecast of the Oscars hit an all-time low with an average of 9.85 million viewers watching on Sunday, a drop of 58% from last year …

Column: In 2020, I was astonished people forget about the Oscars. This year, the inevitable happened
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: In 2020, I was astonished people forget about the Oscars. This year, the inevitable happened

LA Times  

You want to know how long Sunday night’s Oscar telecast ran? For more than a year, we’ve tried to adjust to one version of “normal,” and then another, and mistakes will be made, whether by a culture columnist winding up on a flight that coincides with the Oscar telecast or by producers of that telecast forgetting that no one knows …

Oscars 2021: Fewer stars, no audience and no Zoom appearances amid Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 8 months ago

Oscars 2021: Fewer stars, no audience and no Zoom appearances amid Covid-19 restrictions

Daily Mail  

An Oscars unlike any before will get underway Sunday night with a telecast retooled for the pandemic. Covid-19 precautions: The Oscars are adapting to the coronavirus pandemic by having only 170 attendees at LA's Union Station this year, while Zoom appearances are banned; Union Station seen being prepared for the ceremony on Friday In contrast with the largely virtual Golden …

Oscars 2021: Diverse nominees in top categories make it a landmark year for cinema, but will Hollywood reset post pandemic?
3 years, 8 months ago

Oscars 2021: Diverse nominees in top categories make it a landmark year for cinema, but will Hollywood reset post pandemic?

Firstpost  

It took a pandemic for the Academy’s vow to do better with respect to racial, ethnic and gender representation. Netflix had flashier movies than Blank’s to push — flashier black-and-white movies, like Mank, David Fincher’s opulent yarn loosely about the making of Citizen Kane. To some people’s credit, the eight films nominated for best picture — The Father, Judas and …

The 2021 Oscars Will Almost Certainly Be The Lowest-Rated Oscars Ever — And That’s OK
3 years, 8 months ago

The 2021 Oscars Will Almost Certainly Be The Lowest-Rated Oscars Ever — And That’s OK

Huff Post  

Illustration:Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Approximately 100 years ago, “Parasite” won Best Picture at last year’s Oscars. “When we look back on the strange circumstances of this year’s awards season, I hope they don’t overshadow or put an asterisk on what has been unequivocally great about the year in movies.” While the numbers have indeed declined precipitously each year, the Oscars …

Awards shows are struggling to draw TV audiences. Should the Oscars be worried?
3 years, 8 months ago

Awards shows are struggling to draw TV audiences. Should the Oscars be worried?

LA Times  

Laura Dern accepts the Oscar for supporting actress for “Marriage Story” on Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The downward trend has dampened the expectations for ABC’s April 25 telecast of the Oscars, which is coming off a historic audience low last year when 23.6 million people watched. ABC is anticipating a revenue decline of $15 million …

Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt join Oscars as presenters
3 years, 8 months ago

Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt join Oscars as presenters

Daily Mail  

The Oscars are aiming to be more like a movie than a television show, it has been stated. And on Monday the producers revealed they are enlisting the help of A-list movie stars to add some razzle dazzle to the evening which is taking a very different approach due to the coronavirus pandemic. And on Monday the producers revealed they …

Grammy Awards telecast hits historic low with 8.8 million viewers for CBS
3 years, 9 months ago

Grammy Awards telecast hits historic low with 8.8 million viewers for CBS

LA Times  

The 63rd Grammy Awards scored 8.8 million viewers Sunday on CBS, the smallest audience on record for the annual telecast, continuing the ratings tailspin for TV trophy shows. While the figure from Nielsen is 53% below the 18.7 million viewers who watched a year ago, the telecast fared better than NBC’s telecast of the 78th Golden Globes, which drew a …

Awards shows are dying. Then COVID shoveled on the dirt. Cue the 2021 Grammys!
3 years, 9 months ago

Awards shows are dying. Then COVID shoveled on the dirt. Cue the 2021 Grammys!

LA Times  

By mid-November, Ben Winston was beginning to regret his decision to take over the Grammy Awards. Nothing is.” Winston was upfront about the ratings threat, acknowledging that, regardless of the quality of his show, “the number the next morning will be down anywhere from 30 to 60% — I’m sure of it.” “I told Ben to stop saying that,” Recording …

Before Oscars 2021 ceremony, lessons from recent pandemic-era award shows
3 years, 9 months ago

Before Oscars 2021 ceremony, lessons from recent pandemic-era award shows

Firstpost  

Are awards shows merely the perk for a fully functioning society, or is there a way to make them work even while the world around us in still in dire straits? These are the questions that many in Hollywood are asking after Sunday’s disastrous Golden Globes ceremony brought in 6.9 million viewers, a free-fall plunge from last year’s tally of …

Pandemic Golden Globes ratings plunge 64% to 6.9M viewers
3 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic Golden Globes ratings plunge 64% to 6.9M viewers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The pandemic-era Golden Globes sunk to 6.9 million viewers, down a whopping 64% from 2020 and only barely beating the year when a writer’s strike forced NBC to show a news conference announcing the winners. Big winners in Sunday’s ceremony were the films “Nomadland” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and the television programs “The Crown” and “The Queen’s …

TV audience for virtual Emmys takes awards show to new low
4 years, 3 months ago

TV audience for virtual Emmys takes awards show to new low

China Daily  

LOS ANGELES - The television audience for Sunday's first virtual Emmy awards ceremony dropped to a record low of 6.1 million viewers, according to data released by Walt Disney Co's ABC on Monday. The three-hour ceremony was held without a red carpet or live audience due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it faced competition from a close National Football League …

The virtual Emmy Awards hit an all-time ratings low with 6.1 million viewers
4 years, 3 months ago

The virtual Emmy Awards hit an all-time ratings low with 6.1 million viewers

LA Times  

Despite a history-making night for the comedy “Schitt’s Creek,” the 72nd Emmy Awards continued its ratings slide of recent years, hitting a new all-time low of 6.1 million viewers Sunday. The Emmy Awards telecast was up against a competitive “Sunday Night Football” contest on NBC and a dramatic NBA Western Conference Finals game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver …

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