Viewership for the telecast of this yr’s Oscars ceremony was down 7% from 2024, in response to figures from Nielsen.
After three consecutive years of development, viewership slipped to only over 18m within the US, throughout community ABC and the Oscars’ new on-line associate, Hulu – whose stream was dogged by issues.
The scores – which have been in steep decline for nearly a decade due to the arrival of the web – normally correlate fairly carefully to the mainstream attraction of these movies tipped to win the large awards.
In 1998, a report 57m tuned in to see Titanic take 11 prizes; by 2004, that had fallen to 44m, when Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King equalled that tally.
The Oscars recorded their worst-ever scores in 2021, when Nomadland received large; final yr the quantity had recovered to 19.5m, due to the Barbenheimer impact.
ABC is reporting greater than 1 / 4 of its viewers have been below 50, and a few 3.2m have been 18-49 – a youthful demographic the Academy is particularly eager to court docket.
This yr’s present opened with an prolonged medley of hits from Depraved, one of many two blockbusters up for greatest image, sung by its Oscar-nominated stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Supply hyperlink