Posted on 03/28/2022 10:40:28 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Oscars reportedly saw a ratings boost after suffering record low viewership last year, with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during the awards show dominating headlines the day after the ceremony.
The 94th annual Academy Awards on ABC drew 13.73 million viewers on Sunday, according to fast national Nielsen ratings cited by The Hollywood Reporter on Monday.
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I haven’t seen an Oscars show since the mid-1990s.
Chris Rock should have said, “Don’t do that to a cop.” LOL
Oh, it was so exciting!
yes. looked fake to me.
Agreed. But moving forward, what’s their plan to boost next year’s ratings?
Have Will Smith pull out a Glock-9 and bust a cap in Chris Rocks’ narrow ass?
One could only imagine if Don Rickles were alive today, hosting the Oscars.
It’s all about acting. Jussie, Brandon, Zalenskyy, and now Smith.
Quit watch it a long long time ago
They should do slap sessions everyday. And add requests
“Staged BS for ratings”
Sounds like Oscars are going professional wrestling.
They went from 6 to 7 or 8 viewers instantaneously
More like The Jerry Springer Show.
Staged to boost ratings.
Mission accomplished.
Next year they should invite some Chicago thugs to have a drive-by shooting.
This is BS. How can the slap have increased ratings? No one would have known about it at the time unless they were already watching. The only way it could have increased ratings is if a lot of people tuned in post-slap during the telecast.
Will should start an academy called “Will Smith’s Academy of Hollywood slaps, Girlie men welcomed”
this was not a stunt...there are real bad feelings between these two and the producers and members of the Oscars are mixed whether they should take the Oscar from Will
they wont because he is Black. If it had been Whitey the dude would already be in jail and the Oscar revoked
https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/28/chris-rock-will-smith-pada-pinkett-smack-alopecia-oscars/
It’s all a pre planned setup. As if we didn’t know they deal in fake everything.
What happened?
Did Rock mess up the guy’s french fry order?
To think Will Smith actually played Muhammad Ali, he obviously forgot how to learn to punch.
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