RE: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. >How many people were tuning in just to see the host get assaulted? I’d say Matt Damon, but I still think that was him inside the “Cocaine Bear” costume. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread PGage
My understanding is that both studios paid many millions of dollars for those spots. They were commercials (though Disney of course was paying itself). Those were the worst part of the show. Ratings rebound consistent with popular films nominated for best Pic and better performance of in theater

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
And I didn't see that Oscar-winning rabbit Bugs Bunny or any other Looney Tunes characters in the WB spot (which did have a promotional consideration credit, along with Disney). I couldn't tell if they included "The Bachelor," Dr. Pimple-Popper or "MILF Manor" (when I saw the spot at the Super

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
At least "The Little Mermaid" is actually a Disney film. The WB promo included clips of a fair number of films they now own the rights to, but which were not made by Warner Bros. (the most obvious example was "The Wizard of Oz"). > On Mar 14, 2023, at 12:49 PM, M-D November wrote: > > I

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread M-D November
I don't get why people are making such hay about Disney's "Little Mermaid" promo. From what I saw, both of the major studios turning 100 this year - Disney & Warners - were given a few minutes to do with as they saw fit. WB ran a fairly generic "100 years" promo, but since Disney ran that

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread Tom Wolper
I tuned in to watch a bit of it, which I haven’t done for the last 20 years at least. I thought it was well put together and moved along at a good pace. Luckily I turned it off before the Little Mermaid promo which might have changed my opinion. On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:37 PM Kevin M. wrote:

Re: [TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread Kevin M.
How many people were tuning in just to see the host get assaulted? On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 9:20 AM Steve Timko wrote: > > https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-oscar-ratings-academy-awards-audience-1235550070/ > - Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year > > This bounced when I

[TV orNotTV] variety : Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year

2023-03-14 Thread Steve Timko
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-oscar-ratings-academy-awards-audience-1235550070/ - Oscars Draw 18.7 Million Viewers, Up 12% From Last Year This bounced when I sent it last night. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To