Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Oscars Telecast Falls To All-Time Low Audience

The live show was broadcast by ABC and it attracted an average of 26.5 million viewers according to Nielsen, a 20 percent decline on last year's 32.9 million. The previous record low was set in 2008 when 31.8 million viewers tuned in to watch Jon Stewart host the event. That year, Oscar chaos was narrowly avoided after an 11-week writers' strike in Hollywood.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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