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The ratings for theOscars 2023broadcast are in — and there was another increase in viewership this year.
The Oscarsbroadcast outdid February’s Grammys on CBS (12.5 million viewers) and September’s Emmys on NBC (5.9 million viewers), per the press release. TheGolden Globes, which returned to NBC after a year of not airing on the network,got 6.3 million viewersin January.
Sunday’s Oscars competed with the season 1 finale of HBO’s hitThe Last of Us, which,according toVariety, managed to reach a series high of its own in terms of ratings: An estimated 8.2 million people tuned in for the ninth episode.
This year’s numbers, while marking a three-year high, are still among the lowest in Academy Awards history.Varietyreportedthat the biggest ratings came for the 1998 show — 55.3 million viewers — when James Cameron’s blockbusterTitanicwon Best Picture. The outlet added that the last time the broadcast had more than 20 million watch was in 2020 whenParasitewas the Best Picture winner, 23.6 million tuned in.
Deadlinereportedthat the lowest ratings came in 2021, when there was no host, and 10.4 million tuned in.
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Oscars producer and showrunner Glenn Weiss toldThe Hollywood Reporterafter the show Sunday night what his hopes were for the ratings tallies.
“You know what, you can only hope. What we wanted to do was go out and execute a show that people would really like and a show people would talk about,” he said. “We think we did accomplish that. I sure hope that [Monday] delivers good news in the ratings front, but either way, I think it was a successful evening.”
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Weiss added that he is proud of “the whole night” and praised Kimmel, 55, who hosted for his third time.
“First of all, I thought Jimmy did a great job. He kept the show moving, but he also kept it lighthearted and entertaining enough that it didn’t feel all too serious,” he said. “The winners throughout the night really took us on a ride. Just when we thought it was going one way, then it went another way. The speeches were passionate and from the heart.”
Everything Everywhere All at Oncewasthe big winner of the night, taking home seven total wins, including Best Picture.
source: people.com
