The ratings for the just concluded Oscars broadcast are said to have increased in viewership this year following the infamous slap by Will Smith on Chris Rock last year.
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According to a press release by ABC, citing initial data from The Nielsen Company, the 95th Academy Awards broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, attracted an average audience of eighteen point seven million total viewers and scored a four-point zero rating among adults eighteen to forty-nine, which is a twelve-per cent increase in total viewers from last year, which had sixteen point seven million.
It is further stated that The Oscars broadcast outdid The Grammys on CBS held in February which had twelve point five million viewers and September’s Emmys on NBC which had five point nine million viewers.
The Golden Globes on the other hand which returned to NBC after a year of not airing on the network got six point three million viewers in January.
Sunday’s Oscars competed with the season 1 finale of HBO’s hit ‘The Last of Us’, which according to Variety managed to reach a series high of its own in terms of ratings: An estimated eight point two million people tuned in for the ninth episode.
Just so you know, this year’s numbers, while marking a three-year high, are still among the lowest in the Academy Awards history.
Variety reported that the biggest ratings came for the 1998 ceremony with fifty-five point three million viewers when James Cameron’s blockbuster Titanic won Best Picture.
The outlet added that the last time the broadcast had more than twenty million watches was in 2020 when the South Korean film, Parasite won Best Picture, with twenty-three point six million people tuning in.
According to Deadline, the lowest ratings for The Oscars came in 2021 when there was no host, which had ten point four million people tuning in.
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