Oscar Ratings Rise for First Time in Five Years with 29.6 Million Viewers

After all that, the Oscar ratings did indeed rise following last year’s lowest-rated telecast ever. Indeed, in the days following The Shape of Water’s Best Picture win in 2018, ABC convened a meeting with Academy members and offered “suggestions” to increase ratings for the next ceremony. These suggestions included introducing a Best Popular Film Oscar and handing out certain awards during the commercial break. Those changes were announced and then quickly reversed after the Academy received public shaming after public shaming, and yet even with none of those major changes, the Oscars telecast ratings were up for …

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