{"id":1407789,"date":"2022-03-29T15:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407789"},"modified":"2022-03-29T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:29:51","slug":"second-least-watched-oscars-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-least-watched-oscars-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-Least-Watched Oscars In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/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%2Fsecond-least-watched-oscars-in-history%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=1407789&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Academy-Awards-3-30-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The ratings are in and the 94th Academy Awards was the second-least watched Oscars in the history of the show since Nielsen started tracking viewers watching the annual event in the mid-1970s.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 Oscars on ABC scored 16.6 million viewers with a 3.76 rating in the coveted demographic of adults ages 18-49 in the final same-day ratings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/oscars-tv-ratings-sunday-march-27-2022-1235120758\/\">reported<\/a> the Hollywood Reporter in a piece published Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Those numbers put the show up 58% in viewership compared to the 2021 show which had a historic low rating with 10.5 million watching the show in Live + Same Day Nielsen data, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/ratings\/oscars-ratings-2022-academy-awards-1235210795\/\">reported<\/a> Variety. It also jumped up 73% in the vital age demo which had a 2.12 rating in 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oscars Draw 16.6 Million Viewers, Soaring 58% From Last Year\u2019s Historic Low <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fad7mNrSbm\">https:\/\/t.co\/fad7mNrSbm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1508838369144582155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While those numbers compared to last year look impressive, it was still the second-worst viewership in the history of the Oscars. Until the 93rd Academy Awards, the show had never had fewer than 20 million people watching.<\/p>\n<p>The slight increase in viewership in the first Oscars to have a host since 2018 followed similar ratings patterns the Emmys and Screen Actors Guild Awards enjoyed compared to the 2021 season, reported THR.<\/p>\n<p>As previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wanda-sykes-opens-oscars-announcing-to-people-in-florida-we-are-going-to-have-a-gay-night\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall were picked to host the Oscars this year. Sykes opening monologue included an announcement to Florida that they were \u201cgoing to have a Gay night.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>During the opening monologue at the Oscars, the 58-year-old co-host of the show stood next to the other two hosts, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall, and cracked a few jokes about the night\u2019s nominees before remarking on Florida\u2019s bill HB 1557, the so-called \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna going have a great night tonight, and for you people in Florida, we\u2019re gonna have a gay night,\u201d Sykes shared.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Her co-hosts then started dancing around and saying \u201cgay, gay, gay, gay\u201d over and over again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The first award given for the night was for the Best Supporting Actress. The winner was Ariana DeBose for her part in \u201cWest Side Story.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>During her award speech, DeBose talked about being queer, and sent a message to anyone who\u2019s ever questioned their identity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLastly, imagine this little girl in the back seat of a white Ford Focus,\u201d Debose explained. \u201cLook into her eyes. You see queer \u2013 an openly queer woman of color, an Afro\u2011Latina, who found her strength in life through art. And that\u2019s what I believe we\u2019re here to celebrate. Yeah.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, to anybody who has ever questioned your identity, ever, ever, or you find yourself living in the gray spaces, I promise you this: There is indeed a place for us,\u201d she added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The show not only generated a lot of attention for the comments from the hosts and award winners, but also after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong\">Will Smith<\/a> walked on stage and struck Chris Rock after the comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s shaved head amid her hair loss battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJada, I love ya,\u201d Rock said. \u201c\u2018G.I. Jane 2\u2019 movie, can\u2019t wait to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith then got up from his seat and struck Rock in the face.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMen in Black\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-under-formal-review-after-slapping-chris-rock-at-oscars\">star\u2019s actions<\/a> are currently under \u201cformal review\u201d by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has since issued a public apology to Rock admitting he was \u201cout of line\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d for striking Rock.<\/p>\n<p><i>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to enter for a chance to win. If you\u2019re not a Daily Wire member yet, click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to join us so you can win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ratings are in and the 94th Academy Awards was the second-least watched Oscars in the history of the show since Nielsen started tracking viewers watching the annual event in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}