Zack Sharf Seth Rogen is baffled by Hollywood’s need to have people care about the Academy Awards. Rogen, speaking to Insider to promote his new Super Bowl commercial with Paul Rudd, came to the conclusion that “maybe people just don’t care” about the Oscars anymore, and Hollywood should stop making it a priority to ensure they do.“I don’t get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves,” Rogen said. “To me, maybe people just don’t care.
I don’t care who wins the automobile awards. No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves.
Maybe people just don’t care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?” Television ratings for the Oscars have dwindled over the years.
Last year’s broadcast, in which Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” took home the Oscar for best picture and best director, generated only 9.23 million viewers, a 51% drop from the 18.69 million who watched the Academy Awards in 2020.
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