The 98th Oscars audience slipped to a four-year low this year with 17.86 million viewers across ABC and Hulu on Sunday.
That’s down about 9% from last year, when the show tallied nearly 20M viewers after Disney accounted for PC and mobile viewing. So, it’s possible this number might go up slightly. It is, of course, still worth noting that’s much higher than most other award shows in recent years, including the Golden Globes, Emmys and Grammys.
It’s difficult to say exactly why the show underperformed this year, especially since the viewership numbers for the Oscars had been on the rise recently.
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Keeping in line with the last few years, the Academy opted for an earlier start time again, kicking off the ceremony at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, meaning the show stayed largely in primetime. Over the last few years,
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