Looks like Billy C did rescue Oscar (kind of): http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/27/tv-ratings-sunday-academy-awards-preliminary-ratings-slightly-above-last-year/121991/
"The time zone adjusted ratings for* The 84th Academy Awards* scored a 11.7 adults 18-49 rating<http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/06/updated-numbers-101-whats-a-tv-rating-and-who-is-it-dating/102756/>which was even with last year's * time zone* adjusted rating of 11.7, but were down 1% vs. last year's * final* 11.8 adults 18-49 rating. The time zone adjusted viewership of 39.3 million was up 4% vs. last year's *final* 37.919 million viewers. Our polled readers (and I) expected a decline in viewership.<http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/24/with-no-blockbusters-up-for-best-picture-expect-academy-awards-viewership-to-fall-ratings-history-your-guess-for-this-year-poll/120239/> " If I read this right, they were up 4% in total viewers from last year, but down 1% in the demo. This is consistent with what seemed to me to be the basic narrative from last night, which is that old people were digging the comfortable old shoe, while young people were impatient and ready to bail. However, even the 1% drop in the demo is pretty good, as noted above the tvbythenumbers guys expected an even bigger drop this year, mostly due to the absence of any major box office champs in the best pic noms (The Help was the biggest box office film, and was something like #14). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
