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2020-02-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Hollywood’s soapboxing drags Oscars to all-time low ratings

[NYPOST] The biggest flop of the award show season? The award show itself.

The Oscars made history for the smallest audience the show has ever received after a night of predictable wins and polarizing acceptance speeches.

About 23.6 million people watched the 92nd installment of the show, which showered Bong Joon Ho with awards including Best Director and Best Picture for his widely acclaimed social horror film "Parasite."

And while it was the most-watched show of the awards season, even the promise of a hostless show couldn’t hoist up Hollywood’s big night amid repeat wins by actors who already took home Golden Globes, SAGs and BAFTAs.

The broadcast, which ran for 3 hours and 35 minutes, scored a 5.3 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen’s Live + Same Day Fast National ratings.

In 2019, the first year the show went on without a host, it saw an 11% overall viewership bump over the year prior, with 29.6 million viewers. It also scored a 7.7 rating among the 18-49 demographic. The 2018 awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, hit a then-all-time low of 26.5 million viewers and a 6.8 rating in the 18-49 demo. But even that was more than this year.

Posted by Fred 2020-02-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 What's an "oscar"?
Hollywood's dead, right?

Posted by Lex 2020-02-11 00:59|| 2020-02-11 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 There are way too many "award shows" on TV, one kinda get burned out watching self important people rant and pat themselves on the back.

I quit watching them a long time ago.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-02-11 02:15|| 2020-02-11 02:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm waiting for the "stroke of the pen" and all of the tax breaks for the entertainment industry will evaporate . "Sorry, all our positions at McDonalds have been filled by robots ."

Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-02-11 04:27|| 2020-02-11 04:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Return copyright back to the original 28 years and all of the sudden the entertainment industry will shrink dramatically to its proper place in society.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-11 07:09|| 2020-02-11 07:09|| Front Page Top

#5 They just can't help themselves.

Posted by gorb 2020-02-11 08:40|| 2020-02-11 08:40|| Front Page Top

#6 And they gave the biggets award (Best Directory, Best Picture) to a South Korean movie (and Best Foreign Language Film which was expected).

I'm not sure about the makeup of the Academy voters but that seems pretty significant and makes me wonder if the majority are older and sick of the shit as much as the rest of us.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-02-11 10:07|| 2020-02-11 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 According to Wikipedia in 2018 "Actors constitute the largest voting bloc, numbering 1,311 members (22 percent) of the Academy's composition."

It doesn't list the makeup of the remaining voters.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-02-11 10:10|| 2020-02-11 10:10|| Front Page Top

#8 I stopped caring about the Oscars when Saving Private Ryan lost to Shakespeare in Love. Don't get me wrong - Shakespeare in Love was a cute movie, but nowhere as good as Saving Private Ryan.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-02-11 10:44|| 2020-02-11 10:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course I have been forced to see some of it.

Jeff Dunham has a better delivery than the Martin/Rock bit.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-11 10:46|| 2020-02-11 10:46|| Front Page Top

#10 (1) Saving Private Ryan was flawed in that the narrator they wrapped the story around (Ryan) was not there for most of the events of the movie. (2) Also a lot of people had trouble telling if the German they let go was the one who killed Adam Goldman at the end. You can't leave people confused. (3) Gwyneth showed her boobies.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-02-11 13:37|| 2020-02-11 13:37|| Front Page Top

#11 The actor are there for each other. They could care less if the public is invited in any form or fashion. The speeches are directed at each other and not the public. Really, the only ones who give a damn about the ratings is the network broadcasting it.

Posted by 49 Pan 2020-02-11 13:56|| 2020-02-11 13:56|| Front Page Top

#12 (3) Gwyneth showed her boobies.

Rather small potatoes, that

Posted by Lex 2020-02-11 14:54|| 2020-02-11 14:54|| Front Page Top

#13 A lonely old farmer of China
Reports to his pals at the diner:
"I planted those eggs..."
"And what happened?" they begs.
"Not one veggie, much less a vagina!"

Posted by Guillibaldo and Tenille4557 2020-02-11 15:50|| 2020-02-11 15:50|| Front Page Top

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