Putrid Oscars ratings throw telecast’s future in doubt
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nypost.complunged to an all-time low of 9.85 million viewers, down an almost incomprehensible 60 percent from the 24 million who watched last year’s telecast — and that was the lowest ever.
It was also the first time in the show’s history that less than 10 million people tuned in, ratings territory once considered (sniff) pedestrian for the Academy AwardsThis from a supposed must-see event that in its heyday regularly averaged anywhere from 40 to 50 million viewers and soared to an all-time high of nearly 60 million in 1998.
Imagine that.Those days are long gone now. It’s easy to excuse Sunday night’s dreadful showing by throwing in the pandemic factor, viewer fatigue, a hostless format and the past year’s dearth of breakout movies.
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