The Oscars are and always have been almost nothing but hype machines, maybe
less so now than at other times in their history. Of course they are not a
very effective or efficient way for either serious or casual consumers of
popular entertainment to identify the best films or performances of the
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:12 AM PGage wrote:
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> OTOH, I like the Oscars, haven’t missed it in 50 years. Ratings may have
> gone down this year, but I thought the Show was above average (the moment
> when Bong name checked Scorsese was a top ten Highlight Acceptance Speech
> moment, and
OTOH, I like the Oscars, haven’t missed it in 50 years. Ratings may have
gone down this year, but I thought the Show was above average (the moment
when Bong name checked Scorsese was a top ten Highlight Acceptance Speech
moment, and Joaquin’s cow rape speech was one of the top ten Bizarre
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 11:33 AM Kevin M. wrote:
I get it. If there’s money to be made, the networks will televise anything.
But for 20 years I’ve been burned out on award shows, and I’d like them to
end.
Nobody in business keeps their job by walking away from money to be made.
Though we don't
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 7:34 AM Tom Wolper wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:41 AM PGage wrote:
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>> But why would ABC do that? Even with its drop, the Oscars were the most
>> watched entertainment show since...last years Oscars.
>>
>
> Selling ad spots generates a ton of revenue for them. As
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:41 AM PGage wrote:
> But why would ABC do that? Even with its drop, the Oscars were the most
> watched entertainment show since...last years Oscars.
>
Selling ad spots generates a ton of revenue for them. As long as that
doesn't change ABC will air the show.
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You
But why would ABC do that? Even with its drop, the Oscars were the most
watched entertainment show since...last years Oscars.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM Kevin M. wrote:
> A modest proposal: Stop broadcasting award shows. If you must, maybe a
> one-hour highlight show with a few speeches
A modest proposal: Stop broadcasting award shows. If you must, maybe a
one-hour highlight show with a few speeches and performances? Let the cable
channels waste time on the red carpet stuff.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 4:56 PM Steve Timko wrote:
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https://deadline.com/2020/02/oscar-ratings-new-all-time-low-viewership-1202854581/#utm_medium
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