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Sunday Ratings: ABC Wins, Oscars Tank
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Prime Time, Specials, ABC, Ratings,
The Oscars are like the Super Bowl - it’s really pointless to mention other events when those telecasts are on. But one major thing separates this year’s Academy Awards from the recent championship game: viewers.
Let’s break down the numbers:
- Super Bowl XLII hit a record high this year; the 80th Annual Academy Awards hit a record low.
- Having said that, Sunday’s broadcast drew the largest audience of the evening.
- This year’s celebration of movies drew approximately 32 million viewers. That’s a 20% drop from 2007 when The Departed won for Best Picture.
- This ceremony received the lowest numbers for any Oscars telecast measured by Nielsen. That’s going back to 1974.
- Up until yesterday, the lowest-rated broadcast was in 2003 (when Chicago won). At that time, our country had just recently gone into war with Iraq.
Hollywood Reporter