The scandal over last year's slap, and crowd-pleasing best picture winner 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' brought more TV viewers to this year's Oscars.
ABC’s telecast of the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday got a post-slap lift in the ratings, according to Nielsen data.million viewers, up 12% from the previous year, when Will Smith’s onstage assault of presenter
But the audience for Sunday’s telecast remains far below the nearly 30 million viewers who watched in 2019.ran directly against the telecast, a sign that the awards ceremony is no longer a fearsome event that can scare away counter-programming efforts. The Oscars have been battling TV industry trends that have driven down audience levels for award shows. Streaming video has diminished the traditional TV viewing habit. Younger viewers have increasingly turned to social media and YouTube to watch clips of live events rather than sit through an entire three hour-plus telecast with commercials.
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