The 96th annual Academy Awards ceremony drew 19.5 million viewers on ABC Sunday evening.
Per the time zone adjusted quick nationwide rankings, Sunday’s telecast drew 19.5 million viewers and a 3.8 ranking within the adults 18-49 demographic airing from 7:00-10:29 p.m ET. By comparability, the 2023 telecast drew 18.8 million viewers and a 4.0 ranking within the last tallies. Meaning this yr’s present was up simply shy of 4% in complete viewers however down 5% in the important thing demo. It must also be famous this yr’s present began an hour sooner than it has in years previous.
Nonetheless, the 2024 telecast was the most-watched Oscars since 2020 and marked the third consecutive yr of viewership progress. The 2021 telecast, which was closely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, drew an all-time low 10.4 million viewers. It rebounded in 2022 with 16.6 million, adopted by final yr’s 18.8 million.
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The Oscars ceremony noticed “Oppenheimer” reign supreme, with the hit biopic taking house seven awards, together with finest image, finest director for Christopher Nolan, and finest actor for Cillian Murphy. Robert Downey Jr. additionally received finest supporting actor for his work within the movie.
Elsewhere throughout the evening, Emma Stone received the second Oscar of her profession for “Poor Issues,” whereas Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph received finest supporting actress for “The Holdovers.”
Each Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” failed to select up any wins, and “Barbie” was shut out of most classes wherein it was nominated aside from finest authentic tune (“What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell).
Talking of “Barbie,” Ryan Gosling introduced the home down along with his efficiency of “I’m Simply Ken.” Gosling, who was nominated for finest supporting actor for enjoying Ken within the smash hit movie, was joined onstange by a military of dancers that included fellow Kens Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Scott Evans, in addition to Mark Ronson and guitar legend Slash.
Instantly following the Oscars, a particular episode of “Abbott Elementary” scored new sequence highs in each the Dwell+Identical Day complete viewers and within the demo, with 6.9 million a 1.42 ranking respectively.
