The Academy Awards television audience in the US plunged to 9.85 million viewers, less than half the Oscars’ previous low and continuing a startling trend of viewer tune out for awards shows. The Nielsen company’s preliminary estimate shows the audience that watched Nomadland win best picture on ABC on Sunday was 58% below last year’s tally of 23.6 million, which had set the previous record for least-watched Oscars telecast. Following a year in which cinemas were mostly closed due to Covid-19, people were unexcited about or unfamiliar with movies they primarily streamed at home. Oscars ...