Ratings for Academy Awards telecast are lowest ever...
I just can't believe that every person in America was not in front of their television watching the Academy Awards on Sunday night! They missed cute scenes like Josh Brolin presenting the best screenplay award to the Coen brothers.
But, they were not. In fact, this years show recorded the lowest ratings since viewership began being measured in the 70s.
According to Nielsen ratings, Sunday's show was watched by 32 million viewers. The previous low was 33 million viewers in 2003, when "Chicago" won best picture. By contrast, in 1998, when "Titanic" won, more than 55 million viewers tuned in. So, the lack of box office success of most of the nominated pictures really did contribute to the lack of interest. They were a buncha downers in terms of theme, but they were terrific!
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Well, let's face it, 4 hours to do about 12 or so awards.. most of which the general public don't care about, except best picture, actor/actress, supporting actor/actress. They could do that in a one hour special.