{"id":1299818,"date":"2022-02-15T09:14:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T14:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1299818"},"modified":"2022-02-15T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:22:38","slug":"maybe-people-just-dont-care-about-the-oscars-seth-rogen-says-about-declining-viewership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maybe-people-just-dont-care-about-the-oscars-seth-rogen-says-about-declining-viewership\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Maybe People Just Don\u2019t Care\u2019 About The Oscars, Seth Rogen Says About Declining Viewership"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaybe-people-just-dont-care-about-the-oscars-seth-rogen-says-about-declining-viewership%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1299818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Seth-Rogen-scaled-1-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Seth Rogen may be a well-known actor, but he understands why the audience has been shrinking in recent years for Hollywood\u2019s biggest night. The \u201cKnocked Up\u201d alum said he\u2019s not surprised that viewers have stopped tuning to the ceremony in recent years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves,\u201d the 39-year-old actor said during an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/seth-rogen-people-dont-care-the-oscars-2022-2\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span> with Insider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo me, maybe people just don\u2019t care,\u201d Rogen continued. \u201cI don\u2019t care who wins the automobile awards. No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves. Maybe people just don\u2019t care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Viewership for the Oscars has been declining for years. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/11\/seth-rogen-people-dont-care-about-oscars-outside-hollywood\/\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a><span>, only 9.85 million people tuned in for the 2021 installment while 23.6 million watched the Oscars in 2020. Viewership was at 29.6 million in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There could be a few reasons for this, and no doubt some of them are pandemic related. Notable in 2019, the Academy did away with in-person hosts after a controversy caused the slated host, comedian Kevin Hart, to back out of the gig.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fans brought up \u201chomophobic\u201d jokes Hart made in the past. The comedian voluntarily stepped down as host after apologizing for offending anyone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI have made the choice to step down from hosting this year\u2019s Oscars,\u201d the comedian said at the time on Twitter. \u201cThis is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Oscars will have hosts in 2022 for the first time since Jimmy Kimmel did the job back in 2018. It\u2019s believed that Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amy-schumer-regina-hall-and-wanda-sykes-tapped-to-host-2022-oscars\">sharing hosting duties<\/a> for the 2022 installment of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rogen has never been nominated for an Oscar but has attended and even performed at several ceremonies. The \u201cKnocked Up\u201d actor teamed up with his \u201cPineapple Express\u201d co-star James Franco for a skit at the Oscars show in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Academy Awards haven\u2019t been back to \u201cnormal\u201d since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but this year is the closest it\u2019ll be to a time before masks and vaccines were part of every conversation about large gatherings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In yet another controversial moment, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amy-schumer-regina-hall-and-wanda-sykes-tapped-to-host-2022-oscars\/\"><span>announced their plan<\/span><\/a><span> not to mandate proof of vaccination (with or without a booster) in order to attend this year\u2019s in person Oscars ceremony. Instead, attendees will need to provide a negative PCR test or a negative rapid antigen test on the day of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the Academy does require their employees to be vaccinated with rare medical exemptions. These truths have been met with derision and anger on social media since the announcements were made.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>Daily Wire member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Rogen may be a well-known actor, but he understands why the audience has been shrinking in recent years for Hollywood\u2019s biggest night. 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