Oscar Viewership Rises From Dismal 2021 To Second-Lowest Ever With 15.4M Watching – Update

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UPDATED, 10:29 AM: If only the Oscars themselves moved as fast as the numbers counters at ABC.Mere minutes after fast-affiliate data for the 94th Academy Awards was out, the Disney-owned net that pays tens of millions a year to broadcast Hollywood’s biggest but stumbling night was out with the adjusted fast nationals.Hollywood Reacts To The Oscar Slap: Physical Assault, Say Many; “How We Do It”, Says Jaden SmithMoving up a bit from the preliminary data, the 2022 Oscars now is estimated to have had 15.4 million viewers and snagged a rating of 2.9 among adults 18-49.Apples to apples with the same metrics, that’s a 56% increase in audience over last year and 68% in the important demo.

However, even with what looks like big leaps over 2021, the 2022 Oscars are still the second-lowest in history.ABC plans to update again Tuesday with final Live+Same Day National numbers and undoubtedly some streaming and other platforms tossed in too.

We will, of course, update when we get the update.Beyoncé, Chris Rock & Regina Hall’s Pat-Down: The Best And Worst Moments From The 2022 Oscars 2022PREVIOUSLY, 10:10 AM: Going into last night, the 94th Academy Awards’ notoriety seemed almost exclusively to be birthed from the decisions by organizers and the producers to cut the handing out of eight so-called below-the-line categories in an effort to move the show along at a quicker clip and increase on-air star power.Almost overwhelming historic wins by CODA and actor Troy Kotsur, Power of the Dog director Jane Campion, and West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose, the enduring infamy of the 2022 Oscars will of course now be Will Smith’s maniacal slap of Chris Rock for insensitively mocking Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair and the Academy doing nothing to the