Oh, that's just wrong.
Oh, that's just wrong.
The 2003 Oscar had a one-night Nielsen of 20.4 (or 20.4M presumed adult viewers). Barney, on the other hand, peaked at 2M toddlers watching the show every weekday with a minimum of an additional adult within earshot. On a M-F basis, that's at least 20M people watching the evil purple dinosaur every week.
Barney is SO MUCH bigger than the golden man. 8^)