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TV Ratings For Oscars Plunge
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| March 24, 2003
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Posted on 03/24/2003 5:30:06 PM PST by Ed_NYC
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:30:07 PM PST
by
Ed_NYC
To: Ed_NYC
The wartime Academy Awards telecast on ABC Sunday night was the least-watched Oscar ceremony since Nielsen Media Research began keeping records in 1974.I like to think we had a little part in that record. ;-)
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:35:03 PM PST
by
spookycc
(I raq, I rack 'em up, and I roll)
To: spookycc
heck,I ran into a million of my friends who were on thier way to a huge Oscar watching party and I diverted them to a local tavern and we watched ESPN classic and threw down a few...:)
To: Ed_NYC
I still can't possbily understand why people watch the Oscars. I just don't get it.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:41:20 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Rodney King
I don't get it either. Who wants to watch a bunch of phony, intellectually and morally bankrupt "celebs" pat themselves on the back?
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:43:28 PM PST
by
Morrigan
To: Rodney King
>>I still can't possbily understand why people watch the Oscars. I just don't get it.
It's the same reason people have to look at a car wreck.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:45:51 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(* * Common Sense is an Oxymoron * *)
To: Ed_NYC
I never watched that B.S. except by accident, and then no longer than it took to grab the remote and change to something else. It's booooring!
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:45:59 PM PST
by
LibKill
(The UN is of less use than dog doo in the gutter.)
To: Morrigan
Even if you were an idiot and thought that Holywood figures were intelligent and righteous people, I still don't see why anyone would want to watch them pat each other on the back. I wouldn't watch the Bush Administration (which I like excpet for Powell and Whitman)throw themselves a party and pat each other on the back either.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:47:01 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Morrigan
You said it all.
I heard all the sordid details about it listening Drudge last night. He ripped them good, too.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:51:32 PM PST
by
Missouri
To: Rodney King
Consider this; "Chicago" is a feminist fantasy. Chick fick Bob Fosse musical. "The Pianist" the obligatory Holocaust film. Rather politically correct "victim" films. Barf bag.
Spider Man snubbed. Nuf said.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:53:23 PM PST
by
ChiMark
To: Ed_NYC
We had something to do with it.We will never watch another one it is used to promote left wing and the commiecrats ideas.enough is enough let them eat s#it.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:59:51 PM PST
by
solo gringo
(Always Ranting Always Rite)
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To: Rodney King
LOL, you have a point there......
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:02:55 PM PST
by
Morrigan
To: Ed_NYC
It is time to stop buying movie tickets and stop renting dvds and video and to stop buying videos and dvds.
It is time to protest at video stores and movie theaters across America. Stop the income of these communist and hollywood scum!
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:04:26 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth......)
To: TLBSHOW
I haven't been to a movie since Howard Stern's Private Parts in 1997. I refuse to give them my money. However, I was thinking of breaking my streak and going to see Gods and Generals.
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:07:21 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Rodney King
Me either but it is time to hit them even more.....
It is time to protest at video stores and movie theaters across America. Stop the income of these communist and hollywood scum but GOOD!
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:09:23 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth......)
To: Ed_NYC
Our local radio host says the highest ratings are BEFORE the awards begin when they have the actors and actresses approaching the theatre in their spiffy (and oft-times revealing) fashions. Women want to see what Hollywood is wearing this year, etc.
The Oscars ratings go downhill from there every time.
Factor in the following:
* No pre-awards fashion show due to terrorist concerns.
* Real America's distaste for Hollywood's growing anti-Americanism.
* Television war coverage pulling away viewers.
* The NCAA basketball tournament (usually not shown on Sunday nights) pulling away viewers, particularly those who are fans of Florida, Michigan St., Kentucky and Utah.
All adds up to a bad night for Oscar. I'd say FR was just a minimal factor in the dropoff.
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:19:49 PM PST
by
Tall_Texan
(Where liberals lead, misery follows.)
To: Ed_NYC
Who says boycotts don't work? I have never purposely missed an Oscar night in over 30 years unless I was out of the country. Even then I watched it once while teaching in the Ukraine. However, this year I determined that I would not watch based upon the un-American statements made by numerous so-called "actors." Neither will I support those who have taken this stand or their movies.
It is such a tragedy to see how far Hollywood has fallen when one thinks of all of the BRAVE Hollywood actors who gave so much of themselves and their support in WWII, even to the point in which many set aside their careers to join up and honorably serve.
The new Hollywood loves the money and fame America and it's citizens provide them but they HATE America. They hate it's people and despise the freedom they enjoy, paid with the blood of others.
Millions of patriotic Americans didn't watch the Oscars because Hollywood no longer represents America, it's people, or the values we hold near and dear. These values have made us great and provided Hollywood with the freedom to ply their acting trade. Instead, they spit on us and support the very people, philosophies and ideas that would result in the destruction of America and the continuing enslavement of people in Iraq and all over the world.
To: Ed_NYC
"TV Ratings For Oscars Plunge"Half the job done. Now let's do the same for movie attendance, and maybe they will remember who pays them.
To: Ed_NYC
Apparently ABC had a non-performance clause in it's advertising contracts which meant it had to return vast sums of money to the advertisers if certain rating criteria were not met. Anyone know if they got stung by this?
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:30:11 AM PST
by
Wil H
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