iHeart Podcast Awards 2024
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony drew 19.5 million viewers on ABC Sunday night.
Sunday's telecast, airing from 7:00 p.m. to 10:29 p.m. ET, drew 19.5 million viewers and adults 18 to 49, according to the fastest national ratings after adjusting for time zones. It achieved an audience rating of 3.8 among viewers. By comparison, the 2023 telecast drew 18.8 million viewers and earned a 4.0 rating at last count. That means the show's total viewership this year increased by just under 4%, but in the key demo he decreased by 5%. It's also worth noting that this year's show started an hour earlier than usual.
Still, the 2024 telecast was the most-watched Oscars since 2020, marking the third consecutive year of viewership growth. Television broadcasts in 2021 were significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and the number of viewers remained at a record low of 10.4 million. In 2022, the number of people recovered to 16.6 million, followed by 18.8 million last year.
See the full list of Oscar winners here.
Oppenheimer reigned supreme at the Oscars, with the hit biopic taking home seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Christopher Nolan and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy. Robert Downey Jr. also won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in this film.
Elsewhere on the night, Emma Stone won her second career Oscar for “Poor Things,'' and Da'Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for “The Holdovers.''
Martin Scorsese's “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Bradley Cooper's “Maestro” both missed out on awards, while “Barbie” won for best original song (“What Was I Made For”). However, he was excluded from most of the categories in which he was nominated. ?'' by Billie Eilish and Phineas O'Connell).
Speaking of “Barbie,” Ryan Gosling wowed the audience with his performance of “I'm Just Ken.” Gosling, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Ken in the blockbuster film, was joined by a corps of dancers including fellow Ken characters Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, and Mark Ronson. joined the stage. And guitar legend Slash.
Immediately following the Oscar ceremony, a special episode of “Abbott Elementary” set series highs in both live and same-day total viewers and demo, with 6.9 million viewers and a 1.42 rating, respectively.
