Oscars 2012 ratings rise to over 39 million viewers
Published Feb 27 2012, 20:33 GMT | By Tom Eames
The 84th Academy Awards brought in big numbers for ABC last night, according to preliminary figures.
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The time zone adjusted ratings give the Oscars ceremony a peak of 39.3 million viewers, which is 4% higher than last year's telecast.
However, the coveted adults 18-49 demo rating was 1% lower than last year with 11.7 between 8.30-11pm. Due to the nature of live programming, these figures may be subject to slight adjustments in the near future.
The Red Carpet Live pre-show reached a peak of 30.12m (8.1) at 8pm, which was 11% lower than last year at the same time slot, but it did have a bigger audience at 7-8pm compared to 2011.
Elsewhere, CBS's The Amazing Race fell 25% from last week's season premiere to a series low, a 2.1 18-49 score and 7.59m viewers at 8pm.
The only other piece of new programming - NBC's Celebrity Apprentice - also saw a series low of 4.99m (1.8) at 9pm, which is 31% less than last week's premiere episode.
Scroll through a gallery of winners from the 84th Academy Awards below:
Octavia Spencer took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Help.
By giving awards to a gimmick such as The Artist, the Academy showed just how shallow their choices can be with the absolutely worst group of nominations they’ve every thrown together. Because of such an elitist tone, I for one boycotted the show this year. If you found the nominees as stuffy as I did, check out the Top 10 Movie Picks of 2011 at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-10-movie-picks-of-2011.html where you won’t see a single of the Academy’s nominees for Best Picture but you will get some movie artwork I drew up as well as the reviews!
February 27th 2012 at 10:32pm