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  • Oscar Ratings Drop Sharply [record low viewership]

    03/24/2003 5:32:37 PM PST · by jpthomas · 19 replies · 184+ views
    Zap2it.com ^ | Mon, Mar 24, 2003 05:12 PM PDT | anonymous
    LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - With the U.S.-led war in Iraq dominating the news and people's thoughts, Sunday's (March 23) Academy Awards drew the smallest TV audience since Nielsen began tracking total viewers nearly 30 years ago. The Oscar show, which was interrupted twice for brief ABC News updates on the war, averaged about 33.1 million viewers, according to preliminary figures (final ratings will be released Tuesday). It was the first time since 1974, when Nielsen began tracking total viewership, that the ceremony failed to average 35 million viewers. The previous low was about 37.2 million viewers in 1987, when "Platoon"...