Hey Hollywood? Are you getting the message yet?
According to early estimates, last night’s show might’ve just hit an all-time low. It’s down nearly 16% from last year.
The good news did not carry over to ratings for the 90th Academy Awards, which (correctly) crowned The Shape of Water as Best Picture. Last night’s ceremony drew a 18.9 Live+Same Day rating in the metered market households. That was off 16% from last year’s 22.4 rating, which was a nine-year low. The 18.9 appears to be an all-time low for the Oscars, below the previous low ratings point, logged with the 2008 telecast (21.9), hosted by Jon Stewart, when No Country For Old Men won Best Picture.
That, despite the fast that The Shape of Water was the the highest-grossing Best Picture winner in five years.
Last year, the 22.4 metered market rating translated to 32.9 million viewers — also a nine-year low — and a 9.1 rating among adults 18-49. We will update with viewership and demo numbers when they become available later today.
32.9 million is still a LOT of people, but still.
RATINGS PLUNGE https://t.co/3ve6YrnmSD
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) March 5, 2018
Early Ratings For Trump Hate-Fest Oscars Crater Towards All-Time Lowhttps://t.co/UHtEo68ObI
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 5, 2018
Are we surprised here? https://t.co/9VCBgmQzgM
— KAYA (@KayaJones) March 5, 2018
It's almost like nobody cares what celebrities think.#Oscars
👉https://t.co/7XjZH8anbhhttps://t.co/9u2XBLehoT— PragerU (@prageru) March 5, 2018
Oscars ratings may well have hit an all time low last night. More left wing politics, please! https://t.co/eVrN8Jtv7r
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 5, 2018
Oscars ratings may well have hit an all time low last night. More left wing politics, please! https://t.co/eVrN8Jtv7r
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 5, 2018
They’ll never learn.
Trust me. I hate myself for contributing to their viewership, but SOMEONE needs to keep tabs on those insufferable seahags!