We collect cookies to analyze our website traffic and performance; we never collect any personal data. Cookie Policy
Accept
NEW YORK DAWN™NEW YORK DAWN™NEW YORK DAWN™
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • Trending
  • New York
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Real Estate
  • Crypto & NFTs
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Art
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
Reading: 2025 Oscars TV viewers declines from final 12 months to 18 million viewers
Share
Font ResizerAa
NEW YORK DAWN™NEW YORK DAWN™
Search
  • Home
  • Trending
  • New York
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Real Estate
  • Crypto & NFTs
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Art
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
Follow US
NEW YORK DAWN™ > Blog > Entertainment > 2025 Oscars TV viewers declines from final 12 months to 18 million viewers
2025 Oscars TV viewers declines from final 12 months to 18 million viewers
Entertainment

2025 Oscars TV viewers declines from final 12 months to 18 million viewers

Last updated: March 4, 2025 3:15 am
Editorial Board Published March 4, 2025
Share
SHARE

The Oscars dropped almost 8% to 18 million viewers Sunday, the primary year-to-year decline for the ABC telecast since 2021.

The lower is hardly a shock, as the vast majority of this 12 months’s Oscars contenders weren’t field workplace hits, together with “Anora,” which gained for finest image and 4 different trophies.

Final 12 months, the typical viewers was 19.5 million viewers when two blockbusters that accounted for almost $2.3 billion in mixed field workplace receipts — “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” — have been featured all through the night time.

“Anora,” director Sean Baker’s $6 million movie a few intercourse employee’s impulsive, ill-fated romance with the son of a Russian oligarch, has taken in $16 million in home ticket gross sales. The ten finest photos nominees collectively took in $1.6 billion.

Conan O’Brien, a former staple of late night time community TV who’s now a podcast mogul, was the first-time host of the ceremony.

The viewers for the Oscars hit an all-time low of 10.5 million in 2021, when stay awards reveals have been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The telecast — which attracted almost 30 million viewers as not too long ago as 2019 — has seen its viewers shrink as youthful viewers eschew stay three hour-plus telecasts for clips on social media. It nonetheless attracts sufficient viewers to be one of many highest rated non-sports packages of the 12 months.

The 2022 present bounced again from the low scores when Will Smith walked up on stage and struck presenter Chris Rock. That was the 12 months Sundance hit “CODA” gained finest image.

ABC hoped for an viewers enhance this 12 months by making the ceremony from the Dolby Theatre out there on the Walt Disney Co.-owned streaming platform Hulu. In earlier years, the Oscars might solely be streamed on the ABC web site that required a pay TV subscription.

The Hulu stream skilled technical issues for some viewers, slicing out earlier than “Anora” star Mikey Madison collected her lead actress trophy and her movie was named finest image. The stream stopped at 10:30 p.m. Japanese, the scheduled finish time for the telecast, which continued for one more 20 minutes.

Disney didn’t get away how many individuals watched the Oscars on Hulu.

The Oscars are infamous for working effectively over the three-and-a-half-hour time interval ABC allots for the telecast. This system started at 7 p.m. Japanese for the second time this 12 months to stem the lack of viewers that usually happens after 11 p.m.

Disney apologized for the service interruption and is providing the total telecast for on-demand viewing.

The present opened with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande performing “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked,” the largest business hit in rivalry. There was additionally a tribute to the primary responders concerned within the Los Angeles space hearth rescue efforts, with two LAFD officers making showbiz gags onstage.

O’Brien was largely praised by critics for his stint as host.

You Might Also Like

Evaluate: On the Huntington, the New Hollywood String Quartet remembers legendary studio musicians

That is the uncommon vibrant spot in a troublesome Hollywood job market

A brand new artwork present brings L.A. local weather inequities to life at Descanso Gardens

Justin Bieber’s ‘Standing on Business’: The largest takeaways from ‘Swag’

Actor who sued Tyler Perry for sexual harassment says he ‘could not keep silent anymore’

TAGGED:audiencedeclinesmillionOscarsviewersyear
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Email Print

Follow US

Find US on Social Medias
FacebookLike
TwitterFollow
YoutubeSubscribe
TelegramFollow
Popular News
Russia’s Assault in Ukraine Slows After an Aggressive Start
Politics

Russia’s Assault in Ukraine Slows After an Aggressive Start

Editorial Board February 26, 2022
How Inflation Is Altering People’s Behavior
The Residing Finish: Portray and Different Applied sciences, 1970–2020
Medical microbiologist explains why you must by no means kiss a child
At NATO Summit in Madrid, Debates Underneath the Unity

You Might Also Like

How Sound and Fury Competition continues to thrive on the bleeding fringe of hardcore’s evolution
Entertainment

How Sound and Fury Competition continues to thrive on the bleeding fringe of hardcore’s evolution

July 11, 2025
Superman vs. ‘Superman’? Dean Cain cries ‘woke’ after James Gunn calls hero an immigrant
Entertainment

Superman vs. ‘Superman’? Dean Cain cries ‘woke’ after James Gunn calls hero an immigrant

July 11, 2025
Evaluate: ‘The Aviator and the Showman’ untangles Amelia Earhart’s fateful marriage — and thrill-seeking ambition
Entertainment

Evaluate: ‘The Aviator and the Showman’ untangles Amelia Earhart’s fateful marriage — and thrill-seeking ambition

July 11, 2025
‘One Night time in Idaho: The School Murders’ tells how households had been affected by a brutal crime
Entertainment

‘One Night time in Idaho: The School Murders’ tells how households had been affected by a brutal crime

July 11, 2025

Categories

  • Health
  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Technology
  • World
  • Art

About US

New York Dawn is a proud and integral publication of the Enspirers News Group, embodying the values of journalistic integrity and excellence.
Company
  • About Us
  • Newsroom Policies & Standards
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Careers
  • Media & Community Relations
  • Accessibility Statement
Contact Us
  • Contact Us
  • Contact Customer Care
  • Advertise
  • Licensing & Syndication
  • Request a Correction
  • Contact the Newsroom
  • Send a News Tip
  • Report a Vulnerability
Term of Use
  • Digital Products Terms of Sale
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Submissions & Discussion Policy
  • RSS Terms of Service
  • Ad Choices
© 2024 New York Dawn. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?