[conservative98]

[rktman]

The slap NOT heard around the world................... I was really hoping for lower ratings.

[HighSierra5]

Crappy movies. Crappy actors. What do you expect?

[Red Badger]

Next year it will be hosted by the ROH Wrestling crew..................

[red-dawg]

I know if a movie sucks when it is nominated for an Oscar.

And if I want to listen to leftist, woke, demorat talking points, I'll watch the news.

[Mathews]

Were these the numbers before or after the slap? If these were the numbers AFTER the slap, then the true numbers were way way lower.

[KarlInOhio]

The rebound is a dead cat bounce, as in “I would rather watch a dead cat than the Oscars”.

[uptowngirl]

I don’t think they care how many people watch it on tv each year. They will continue to have it because it’s all about hollywood elites congratulating other hollywood elites.

[joshua c]

but everyone is talking about the bitch slap

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

Women Won Only 23% of Oscars This Year, Worst Showing in 4 Years

Hoist with their own petard.

[tuffydoodle]

No one wins on talent anymore. It’s color and whatever the sexual deviancy dujour is.

[JBW1949]

It’s going to come down to computer generated characters instead of live actors...That way, they don’t have to pay dumb-azz actors millions of dollars...

[Sicon]

Every award show is bottoming out in the ratings. America hates these hateful people.

And they deserve every bit of it, though "hate" might be too strong a word. I think many people are absolutely disgusted with them, tired of their hollow sanctimony, and not interested in watching them congratulate their overpaid selves for three hours, particularly when most of what they produce these days is moronic drivel, or preachy condescension.

[Tipllub]

yet there is still endless commentary from traditional media, social media and even here on Free Republic about it.

[jimmygrace]

One of the lowest rated, but probably the most retweeted!

[Huskrrrr]

“Frankly my dear.....”

[1Old Pro]

Maybe it's their “product”, or lack thereof. Not to mention the production, like watching TV commercials these days, no, they don't represent American diversity properly, I'd say it's leaning one way.

[j.havenfarm]

Next year they should advertise the violence in advance. Me, I’d tune in to watch Robert DeNiro and Alec Baldwin throw down

[Windcatcher]

I didn’t even know they’d been on until I saw the headlines here today.

[FlingWingFlyer]

They should have known this was going to happen when they signed “Da View’s” LGBTQ second string to host the stupid show.