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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personally, I thought Billy Crystal did a very good job...
I still remember the year he came out on the two wheeler with the mask and restraints on from "Silence of the Lambs" LOL
It was a snoozer. I wouldn't blame Chris Rock as he was clearly confused by having to string together complete sentences without the 'f' word in them.
Academy Awards Show Hosts-
2nd Awards (April 30, 1930) : William C. DeMille 3rd Awards (November 5, 1930) : Conrad Nagel 4th Awards (November 10, 1931) : Lawrence Grant 5th Awards (November 18, 1932) : Conrad Nagel 6th Awards (March 16, 1934) : Will Rogers 7th Awards (February 27, 1935) : Irvin S. Cobb 8th Awards (March 5, 1936) : Frank Capra 9th Awards (March 4, 1937) : George Jessel 10th Awards (March 10, 1938) : Bob "Bazooka" Burns 11th Awards (February 23, 1939) : Frank Capra 12th Awards (February 29, 1940) : Bob Hope 13th Awards (February 27, 1941) : Walter Wanger 14th Awards (February 26, 1942) : Bob Hope 15th Awards (March 4, 1943) : Bob Hope 16th Awards (March 2, 1944) : Jack Benny 17th Awards (March 15, 1945) : John Cromwell & Bob Hope 18th Awards (March 7, 1946) : Bob Hope & James Stewart 19th Awards (March 13, 1947) : Jack Benny 20th Awards (March 20, 1948) : Dick Powell & Agnes Moorehead 21st Awards (March 24, 1949) : Robert Montgomery 22nd Awards (March 23, 1950) : Paul Douglas 23rd Awards (March 29, 1951) : Fred Astaire 24th Awards (March 20, 1952) : Danny Kaye 25th Awards (March 19, 1953) : Bob Hope in Hollywood, Conrad Nagel in New York 26th Awards (March 25, 1954) : Donald O'Conner in Hollywood, Fredric March in New York 27th Awards (March 30, 1955) : Bob Hope in Hollywood, Thelma Ritter in New York 28th Awards (March 21, 1956) : Jerry Lewis in Hollywood, Claudette Colbert & Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York 29th Awards (March 27, 1957) : Jerry Lewis in Hollywood, Celeste Holm in New York 30th Awards (March 26, 1958) : James Stewart, Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, David Niven, & Jack Lemmon 31st Awards (April 6, 1959) : Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Laurence Olivier, & Jerry Lewis 32nd Awards (April 4, 1960) : Bob Hope 33rd Awards (April 17, 1961) : Bob Hope 34th Awards (April 9, 1962) : Bob Hope 35th Awards (April 8, 1963) : Frank Sinatra 36th Awards (April 13, 1964) : Jack Lemmon 37th Awards (April 5, 1965) : Bob Hope 38th Awards (April 18, 1966) : Bob Hope 39th Awards (April 10, 1967) : Bob Hope 40th Awards (April 10, 1968) : Bob Hope 41st Awards (April 14, 1969) : The Friends of Oscar (Ingrid Bergman, Sidney Poitier, Jane Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, Walter Matthau, Diahann Carroll, Tony Curtis, Rosalind Russell, & Burt Lancaster) 42nd Awards (April 7, 1970) : The Friends of Oscar (Claudia Cardinale, Elliott Gould, Myrna Loy, Barbara McNair, Jon Voight, Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Ali MacGraw, Cliff Robertson, Katherine Ross, James Earl Jones, Candice Bergen, Raquel Welch, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, & Bob Hope) 43rd Awards (April 15, 1971) : Burt Bacharach, Harry Belafonte, Richard Benjamin, Joan Blondell, Jim Brown, Genevieve Bujold, Glen Campbell, Petula Clark, Angie Dickinson, Melvyn Douglas, Lola Falana, Janet Gaynor, Goldie Hawn, Bob Hope, John Huston, James Earl Jones, Shirley Jones, Sally Kellerman, Burt Lancaster, John Marley, Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Sarah Miles, Ricardo Montalban, Jeanne Moreau, Merle Oberon, Ryan O'Neal, Gregory Peck, Paula Prentiss, Eva Marie Saint, George Segal, Maggie Smith, & Gig Young) 44th Awards (April 10, 1972) : Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., & Jack Lemmon 45th Awards (March 27, 1973) : Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, & Rock Hudson 46th Awards (April 2, 1974) : John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, & David Niven 47th Awards (April 8, 1975) : Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, & Frank Sinatra 48th Awards (March 29, 1976) : Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, & Gene Kelly 49th Awards (March 29, 1977) : Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, & Warren Beatty 50th Awards (March 29, 1978) : Bob Hope 51st Awards (April 9, 1979) : Johnny Carson 52nd Awards (April 14, 1980) : Johnny Carson 53rd Awards (March 31, 1981) : Johnny Carson 54th Awards (March 29, 1982) : Johnny Carson 55th Awards (April 11, 1983) : Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, & Richard Pryor 56th Awards (April 9, 1984) : Johnny Carson 57th Awards (March 25, 1985) : Jack Lemmon 58th Awards (March 24, 1986) : Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, & Robin Williams 59th Awards (March 30, 1987) : Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, & Goldie Hawn 60th Awards (April 11, 1988) : Chevy Chase 61st Awards (March 29, 1989) : NO HOST 62nd Awards (March 26, 1990) : Billy Crystal 63rd Awards (March 25, 1991) : Billy Crystal 64th Awards (March 30, 1992) : Billy Crystal 65th Awards (March 29, 1993) : Billy Crystal 66th Awards (March 21, 1994) : Whoopi Goldberg 67th Awards (March 27, 1995) : David Letterman 68th Awards (March 25, 1996) : Whoopi Goldberg 69th Awards (March 24, 1997) : Billy Crystal 70th Awards (March 23, 1998) : Billy Crystal 71st Awards (March 21, 1999) : Whoopi Goldberg 72nd Awards (March 26, 2000) : Billy Crystal 73rd Awards (March 25, 2001) : Steve Martin 74th Awards (March 24, 2002) : Whoopi Goldberg 75th Awards (March 23, 2003) : Steve Martin 76th Awards (February 29, 2004) : Billy Crystal 77th Awards (February 27, 2005) : Chris Rock |
I was telling my Black Liberal Democrat Girlfriend last night that Chris Rock was going to bomb. I told her that Chris Rock has an audience that supports him because he is Chris Rock. He swears a blue streak, is loud and his act is mostly, "Black people do this and White people do that!"
People who watch the Oscars are not watchimg because of Chris Rock. Sure, he drew in his own fans, but drove away about everybody else.
When Jeff Foxworthy can take the stage and say, "White People do this and Black People do that." And howls for his head are not heard, then I will laugh at the racist crap that is spewed by Chris Rock.
We're in a "red state" and ignored the show, entirely. Between Chris Rock and the self-congratulating, Bush-bashing, liberal, simpering "stars" we didn't think we could endure it.
Us too. ;-D
Yea, I've seen Foxworthy a couple of times...don't watch mutch tv around here LOL
I did catch Foxworthy and a couple of other guys on the Comedy Channel and I never laughed so much in my life!
Don't know the other comedians names but one says "get 'er dun" all the time
The most obvious flaw in Hollywood arrogance was when the sappy, overacted "Shakespear in Love" won over "Saving Private Ryan."
Later, almost 40% of the 6,000 Academy voting members admitted to Newsweek that they refused to even view Saving Private Ryan. Their "excuse" was that they did not want to watch a film that "glorified violence and war."
Hollywood just doesn't get it.
1. They are not artists. They are entertainers.
2. The Oscars were invented in 1927 as a marketing tool precisely to draw in people who believe there's some intrinsic interest in what the movie business thinks about its product.
3. The movies were in turmoil in 1927, the year the first partially talking picture was released (The Jazz Singer). No only did the talkies threaten careers, but scandals, such as the following, threatened the very existence of Hollywood film industry:
By 1927, Hollywood moguls were desperate to improve the image of tinsletown. It was in this climate that both the "Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences" and the Hayes Codes came into being. It's no accident that comforting words such as "academy," "arts," and "sciences" were associated with "motion picture." These words evoke images of gentile, respected pursuits, such as education, study, arts and scientific research. In short, Oscar was a brilliant PR move.
Today, we live in a time when the public is far more tolerant of the trashy lives many entertainment figures lead. So the original purpose of the Oscars and the old Hayes Code no longer are relevant. Today, the Oscars are all about stoking the monumental egos of the Hollywood elite. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Sort of reminds me of Kerry supporters flooding the exit polling stations..........
'Shakespeare in Love' was a witty and original creation written by a dramatist held in high regard all over the world. 'Saving Private Ryan' said little that hadn't been said before in previous war films. I think they made the right choice by honoring Spielberg as a director...the film was a great directorial achievement in the face of a mediocre script...but not the film as a whole.
//And btw The Hayes Code didn't go into effect until 1934.//
It's funny that Hollywood seems to have been able to produce clean films even without it.
C'mon folks! What the heck are you beating on Chris Rock for??? He was nothing but a low life, liberal, left-wing, traitor/treason Democrat piece of vermin before the Academy Awards, and he is exactly that after the Academy Awards. The real culprit here is ABC and the people who allowed this moron to host the show. It is not Chris Rock that should be whipped, but rather producer Gil Cates, or whatever his name is (who cares what his name is), that should be taken to the wood shed!!! Shame on ABC!!! But, what else did you expect from the MSM and Hollywood after they just blatently and unjustly ignored the best picture and director of the year (The Passion of the Christ and Mel Gibson). I'll wait for the final viewer number estimates before commenting further. Reason! I think the MSM has tried to pull a "John Kerry wins exit poll" here, trying to boost the number of viewers, but when the true numbers are known this Academy Awards failed miserably!!!
On the other hand, I would stay up all night just to get a glimpse of Salma Hayek.
Ah yes--the same crowd that thinks "minimalist art" is "witty and original."
Saving Private Ryan' said little that hadn't been said before in previous war films.
Wow. That is the most ridiculous, arrogant, and dismissive statement regarding this film I have ever heard. Quite an achievement that. Really. I suppose the greatest recreation of the D-Day invasion in history does not measure up to phony British accents and 10,000 dramatic sighs.
But please, keep digging. I really don't have as much emotionally invested in Hollywood or films as you seem to have. I am amazed how much you seem to apologize for this industry. I'll take greater comfort in other, more tangible things.
Yeah, though it did on occasion lead to some good lines
CAT#1: The bird! The bird! Give me the bird!I do find myself somewhat curious as to what the Hayes Office was supposed to be doing, since the films that predate it seem just fine to me.
CAT#2: If the Hayes Office would let me, I'd give him the bird all right!
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