However, I will say this: If Fox had put the finale of "The Masked Singer" on Sunday night against the Oscars, it could've kicked ABC in the ratings. Of course, it didn't because for now Fox is still part of the motion picture industry, but just wait until next year, when New Fox has nothing to do with movies...
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 12:57 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Your header matches most headlines for this story, but your comments are > closer to what is happening. The main trend for ratings for Big Event > programs is down, for reasons that are self-evident (fewer people watch > regular television now). While ratings for Oscar were up this year over > last, they were still I think second lowest in history (or at least a long > time, depending how you count). The uptick almost certainly because of the > presence of several mega-hits among nominees, and the Gaga performance > buzz. Media has to stop comparing ratings for these kinds of events to even > relatively recent history- no longer relevant without some kind of > correction. > > No host worked fine. The lesson here is to think more in terms of an > opening act for the show (maybe with a shorter mid—show act as well). For > the most part that is what hosts in last 15 years or so have been anyway. > And we basically had that this year with the SNL trio and then Melissa > Mcarthy > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:59 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks to Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert and Queen and to Black Panther, ratings >> up 12 percent from last year's low. >> >> https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/25/entertainment/oscar-takeaways/index.html >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
