By Sarah Whitten, CNBC •
Updated 58 mins ago
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Only 9.85 million viewers tuned into Sunday s Oscars ceremony, a nearly 59% percent drop from the 23.6 million viewers that turned on their TVs for the program last year, according early fast national numbers released by Nielsen.
The Academy s third hostless show in a row scored a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49, a key demographic for advertisers, a 64% drop from 2020.
The production announced the best picture winner ahead of the two best acting awards, which led to a flat ending. The producers were betting the late Chadwick Boseman would be named best actor but Anthony Hopkins won.
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This almost makes me regret missing this when it happened live. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Tyler Perry with its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and Perry spent the next three minutes demonstrating why this might have been the best Oscar decision of the night. Perry told a moving story about his encounter with a homeless woman, and then declared that he refuses to hate and hopes the rest of the world will “meet me in the middle” to refuse hate as well.
Courtesy of ABC’s YouTube channel, here’s three minutes of uplift for the middle of your day:
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