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Oscar Ratings Sink With Rock(Punk Rock Bombed Last Night!)
CNNMONEY ^ | 2/28/2005 | Krysten Crawford

Posted on 02/28/2005 3:09:29 PM PST by kellynla

Following in the footsteps of both The Golden Globes and Grammy Awards, ratings for Sunday night's 77th Annual Academy Awards were down this year.

Some 41.5 million viewers on average watched ABC's Oscar telecast this year, a 5 percent drop from 2004, according to Nielsen Media Research. The sweep by "Million Dollar Baby," the Clint Eastwood boxing flick that won four of the top six awards, drew a 25.2 rating and a 38 share, according to figures released Monday afternoon by ABC.

A rating represents the percentage of total U.S. television households. A share represents the percentage of homes with their televisions on at the time.

The numbers, released Monday afternoon, are lower than the preliminary returns widely reported earlier in the day. Monday morning ABC, which is owned by Walt Disney (Research), said ratings from the top U.S. markets showed a 30.1 rating and a 43 share.

Nielsen ratings can fluctuate until they are finalized. The data that ABC released Monday afternoon, while not official until Tuesday, are a lot closer to the mark than the earlier results.

While Oscar ratings for the last two years are higher than they were in 2003 -- when 33 million viewers tuned in to see "Chicago" shimmy its way to a best picture statue -- viewer levels over time show that Oscar is slowly losing his Midas touch.

Academy Award viewership has been sliding since 1998, when the blowout success of "Titanic" helped draw 55 million watchers, according to Nielsen. That year, in which "Titanic" hauled in 11 Oscars, marked the ceremony's best showing since 1983.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: academyawards; milliondollarbaby; oscar; ratings
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To: WestTexasWend
"The Passion" was THE blockbuster and the judges ignored it, so "The Passion"'s audience ignored the Oscars and awaits its re-release.

That about sums it up.

I would have watched for only reason, that reason was dismissed by the Academy. I have no other reason to watch these people.

I note they fail to mention why the Oscars were so low in 2003. I seem to recall the celebrities were at the height of their obnoxious best bashing Bush and the war and the country turned on them.

21 posted on 02/28/2005 3:33:14 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: knarf
This is Chris Rock.



This is Kid Rock.



Easy to get it all confused, I know . . . especially when you get these two in the mix.


22 posted on 02/28/2005 3:34:12 PM PST by Xenalyte (Your mother sells hot dogs.)
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To: SkyPilot

USA Today was touting a similar line. Maybe they thought if they said it enough, it would come true. ;)


23 posted on 02/28/2005 3:35:54 PM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: Borges
at that time the most popular film of all time, would win...it lost to Gandhi.

Did you know that movie ("Gandhi") was very heavily subsidized by the Ministry of Culture of India? As a result the plot/story line was a bit,er, "expansive", shall we say.

24 posted on 02/28/2005 3:36:45 PM PST by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
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To: Xenalyte

25 posted on 02/28/2005 3:37:06 PM PST by socal_parrot (Tryin' to reason with El Nino season.)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

I was attacked on the live thread last night for citing this as drivel...looks like I wasnt't alone!



Drivel it may have been.... but I think more than anything it's a sign of the times for how diversified viewship is today... Look at the ratings over time for the television industry... With as many options a viewer has today they aren't bound by a single event... jmo


27 posted on 02/28/2005 3:38:26 PM PST by deport (Other states try to abolish the death penalty, my state`s putting in an express lane."..TaterSalad)
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To: kellynla
Fox did a smart thing by counter programming with "Independence Day". It's just about 180 out from watching a bunch of self important metros sucking up to each other.
28 posted on 02/28/2005 3:39:50 PM PST by ProudVet77 (It's boogitty boogitty boogitty time!)
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To: socal_parrot

So what did Hewitt have to say?


29 posted on 02/28/2005 3:42:11 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: Xenalyte

30 posted on 02/28/2005 3:42:15 PM PST by socal_parrot (Tryin' to reason with El Nino season.)
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To: kellynla

Chris Rock wasn't funny. People in the audience laughed because they were supposed to. Sean Penn is self-absorbed.

He'll be talking about Robin Williams after he talks to John McIntyre.


31 posted on 02/28/2005 3:44:19 PM PST by socal_parrot (Tryin' to reason with El Nino season.)
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To: silent_jonny

yep, right after the clown stated he wouldn't "bash Bush" he spent the next five minutes...yep, that's right...he bashed Bush! and made fun of the war and insulted the troops...


32 posted on 02/28/2005 3:44:37 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: wogworld
If you like movies or music there is an intrinsic interest in what the artists themselves think about their work. That's what these industry awards are. Though the Golden Globes are given out by sycophantic foreign journalists and are not among those previously mentioned.
33 posted on 02/28/2005 3:45:12 PM PST by Borges
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To: SkyPilot
spin from one of his Hollywood buddies.

Perhaps a noticeable Drudge flaw, going back years. His site sometimes takes on the appearance of a Barbara Walters gossip sheet.

34 posted on 02/28/2005 3:50:17 PM PST by sevry
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To: SkyPilot

"I suppose it was all spin from one of his Hollywood buddies."
well it appears to be...but the final numbers aren't out yet


35 posted on 02/28/2005 3:50:19 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: kellynla

I thought Drudge was touting it as a BIG RATING BOOST for the Oscars ..??


36 posted on 02/28/2005 3:54:27 PM PST by CyberAnt (Pres. Bush: "Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.")
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To: MizSterious

As others have mentioned, the cities were first out with the ratings. Cities = blue zones. When the ratings for the "red states" came out, they were dismal, and brought down the viewers totals quite a bit.


37 posted on 02/28/2005 3:54:53 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: kellynla

 

Next year: Carrot Top.

 

38 posted on 02/28/2005 3:55:23 PM PST by Fintan (Liberal Season opens March 1st. No bag limit, no license required.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

"Interesting. On radio, earlier today, ABC News said that the ratings were the highest in 5 years (they said due to Chris Rock)."
it appears that the spin stops here. LOL


39 posted on 02/28/2005 3:55:43 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: sevry
His site sometimes takes on the appearance of a Barbara Walters gossip sheet.

He's trying to be Walter Winchell, who mixed news and gossip.

40 posted on 02/28/2005 3:55:55 PM PST by socal_parrot (Tryin' to reason with El Nino season.)
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