Viewership for the Oscars rebounded from the second-lowest all-time record to the third-lowest. ABC’s broadcast of the three-hour, 17-minute ceremony from the Dolby Theater on Sunday averaged 18.755 million viewers, according to live and daily figures released by Nielsen on Tuesday.
Viewership increased by 12.47% from the 2022 ceremony, averaging 16.675 million viewers. The 2021 ceremony hit a record low of 10.403 million, part of a sharp drop in viewership for awards shows during the coronavirus pandemic as they took place in months for which they were not normally scheduled and format changes due to COVID-related limitations exhibited.
The Oscars held since 2018 are the only ones with an average viewership of less than 30 million. Individual viewing figures have been registered since 1974. The Oscars have aired on ABC every year since 1976, and the network’s contract with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to broadcast it runs through 2028.
Sunday’s awards show was the most watched awards show since the 2020 Oscars, averaging 23.639 million viewers.
Compared to other major televised events this season, the Oscars averaged about one-sixth of the 113.055 million viewers averaged by Fox’s February 12 coverage of Super Bowl LVII, surpassing ESPN’s January 9 coverage of the College Football Playoff- title game. , averaging 16.627 million viewers for Georgia’s 65-7 victory over TCU.
As with almost all forms of programming, awards show viewership has declined in recent years as more options are available on streaming services, including the same shows as traditional television.
Viewership for CBS’ coverage of the Grammy Awards on February 5 averaged 12.545 million viewers, up 30.8% from 2022, but still the third-lowest all-time record.
The broadcast of the 2022 Grammys, postponed to April due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Los Angeles area, averaged 9.587 million viewers and aired when television is traditionally lower.
The Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC on September 12 averaged 5.924 million viewers, the seventh record low in eight years. The previous low was 6.36 million in 2020 when it aired on ABC. The Emmy Awards rotate annually between the four major broadcasters.
The Oscars gave ABC its first weekly ratings for the 25-week primetime show 2022-23, averaging 5.04 million viewers between March 6 and Sunday. CBS came in second after five premieres in six weeks, averaging 3.93 million viewers. NBC placed third with an average viewership of 3.04 million.
The CBS comedy Young Sheldon was the only non-Oscars-related show to average over 7 million viewers, averaging 7.658 million, finishing in third place that week.
ABC’s highest-rated non-Oscar program was Seattle firefighter drama “Station 19,” which ranked 21st this week, averaging 3.975 million viewers.
The first two episodes of the spring season of The Voice singing contest were NBC’s top two shows. The two-hour season premiere on March 6 averaged 6.436 million viewers, ranking fifth for the week, while the hour-long Blind Audition episode the following night averaged 5.121 million viewers, ranking 12th for the week.
Fox averaged 2.14 million viewers. The first original episode of the procedural drama “9-1-1” since November 28 topped the ratings with 4.954 million viewers and ranked 13th for the week.
Fox aired the only premiere on the five major English-language networks, the dating series Farmer Wants a Wife, which ran in the 9-10 p.m. time slot on the third Wednesday and ranked May 59 with ABC comedy The Goldbergs. week.”‘, reached an average of 2.463 million viewers. Farmer sucht Frau took fourth place on Fox’s shows. It retained 61.3% viewers from “The Masked Singer”, which preceded it. “The Masked Singer” drew an average of 4,017 million viewers, third for the Fox program and 20th for the week.
The CW averaged 400,000 viewers. The biggest draw for the fourth time in six weeks was the magic competition series “Penn & Teller: Fool Us”, which averaged 570,000 viewers and ranked 181st among programs broadcast. His general classification was not available.
The top 20 primetime shows consisted of the Oscars and two red carpet shows leading up to it; nine shows written by CBS, news magazine 60 Minutes, and alternative series Survivor; two editions of NBC’s The Voice singing contest; three Fox shows, 9-1-1, its spin-off 9-1-1: Lone Star and singing competition The Masked Singer; and the March 7 edition of the Fox News Channel political talk show “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
The top five rated primetime cable shows were Tucker Carlson Tonight, with Tuesday’s show ranked 19th overall, averaging 4.136 million viewers. Fox News Channel won the cable network battle in prime time for the seventh consecutive year, averaging 2.199 million viewers. ESPN came in second for the third week in a row with an average of 1.285 million. After a second-place finish, MSNBC finished third for the fourth week in a row with an average of 1.053 million.
The Cable Top 20 consisted of 14 Fox News Channel weekday talk shows (five shows each from “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and “Hannity” and four from “The Ingraham Angle”); ESPN’s coverage of Duke’s 59-49 win over Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and the 22-minute scoreboard that followed before and after Texas’ 76-56 win over Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament championship; story “The Curse of Oak Island”; the MSNBC news and opinion program “The Rachel Maddow Show”; and the first two-hour segments of USA Network’s “WWE Raw”.
The season finale of “The Last of Us” hit another high in ratings on Sunday night, and according to a Monday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming released. .
The Glory was Netflix’s most-streamed series. Viewers spent 124.46 million hours watching the 16 episodes of the South Korean revenge thriller, including the second eight episodes of the first season, which will be released Friday, according to figures released by the streaming service on Tuesday.
Luther: The Fallen Sun was Netflix’s most popular film, with viewers watching 65.92 million hours of the BBC’s psychological crime thriller sequel in its first three days of availability.
Source: LA Times
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