That seems unlikely, at least re Oscars, which even with a 58% drop in ratings would be the highest rated show on most any day of a regular week.
What will almost certainly change, for Oscar and other main Awards shows, is the magnitude of the revenue stream they provide. If the Academy one year soon has a 30%-40% reduction in its income, that may change a lot of things. As someone who likes the Oscars (not other award shows so much), what would please me is if the drop in revenue deflated much of the bloated production values of the usual ceremony, and brought it back to what it really always has been, and was to a large extent last night. On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 2:45 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I hesitate to make light of Covid, but it would certainly be an upside to > the pandemic if one of the end results was an end to televised award > ceremonies. > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 2:06 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looks like the LAT was right (and my optimistic prediction wrong) - Oscar >> ratings down 58%, in the single digits (9.85M vs 23.6M last year). This >> worse that the Grammys, but (slightly) better than the Golden Globes. >> >> If next year ratings return to their pre COVID declining trend, we would >> expect them to rebound to around 20M, or twice last night. That does seem >> optimistic, as it is hard to turn back the clock on viewing habits. >> >> >> >> >> https://deadline.com/2021/04/2021-0scars-tv-ratings-academy-awards-low-abc-disney-1234744135/ >> >> On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 at 7:40 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The Grammys and Golden Globes saw ratings fall 53% and 60%. Oscar >>> ratings fell about as much (44%) from 2014 through 2020. 23.6 million >>> people watched Parasite win Best Picture last year. >>> >>> So, the guessing game is, will Oscar ratings drop as much as the other >>> award shows, and will that set a new normal? >>> >>> My prediction is that ratings will be down at levels close to the >>> others, but somewhat less, both because it’s the Oscars, and things are >>> starting to open up. I am going with -37%, or about 14.8 Million viewers. >>> I suspect the Academy and ABC would be happy with that rather optimistic >>> prediction; the linked LAT story contemplates viewers in the single digit >>> millions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/business/media/academy-awards-tv-ratings-audience.html?referringSource=articleShare >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJHt7BGHLnic2Ew%3DeK-Pki34HmfmuKtvQjo%3DGoGU8unyQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJHt7BGHLnic2Ew%3DeK-Pki34HmfmuKtvQjo%3DGoGU8unyQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A25k7cLjwcoRZiuJ%2BpZv0mSX_vaskfKOex3kghSr5VoA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A25k7cLjwcoRZiuJ%2BpZv0mSX_vaskfKOex3kghSr5VoA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJs6Fz6T1DH88ST9HyqWwgRMfjSNiEfjfbruLAAsJH%3Dxg%40mail.gmail.com.
