As Steve posted in the other Oscar thread, and to keep this one complete for the record, ratings were revised upward, to 10.4M. This makes the decline from last year 56% by my calculation, improved from 58%, though Deadline does not seem to have updated that bit. This moves the Oscars closer to the Grammys in terms of COVID decline, and away from the Golden Globes.
More symbolically it keeps the ratings in double digit millions, which Deadline and a few other publications trivialized when they reported the revision, but made a big deal of when they reported the original single digit. https://deadline.com/2021/04/2021-0scars-tv-ratings-academy-awards-low-abc-disney-1234744135/ On Mon, 26 Apr 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 > -- 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/CAKGtkYLHV3fJozV28PvvdNRGQibFcw%2BeSGt7cEDx0NRXucFEtw%40mail.gmail.com.
