But down 5% in the Demo. ABC seems to be taking a victory lap, but I would say this is in the low average range of expectations. After last year I thought we might see one more year of small gains in a final post Covid correction, before a return to steady declines based on long term trends in linear TV. That is what happened, despite two blockbuster, pop culture defining films in the mix, one of which dominated the wins and the other the TV presentation.
I thought the show itself was one of the best we have seen in recent years; Kimmel not spectacular but steady, and most of the bits surprisingly worked. Ratings last 4 years: 2021: 10.4M (No Host) 2022: 16.6M (The Slap) 2023: 18.8M (Maverick/Avatar) 2024: 19.5M (Barbenheimer) I’m going to get in my early prediction for 2025 ratings: 19.4M… https://deadline.com/2024/03/oscar-ratings-viewership-2024-oppenheimer-1235854597/ Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BbfdxycizhNhcrJ7VyATc6dN0Fbm-1usGTKg_dJP9uRQ%40mail.gmail.com.
