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Oscars Ratings 2009 update – 81st Academy Awards Up 6%

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

Latest data has Oscars Ratings up about 6% (see here and here), a little above 30 million viewers. This was inline with what I imagined. If you’re looking for Winners and actual info on the show, here ya go and here.

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Oscars Ratings 2009 – Will the 81st Academy Awards Ratings be Slumdog?

Posted on February 22, 2009 by

Update 2/23 – Oscars Ratings up about 10% (see here and here) putting the ratings around 33 million. Not a great bump from recent trends…  Review the last 50 years of ratings here.   Certainly the show was better than in … Continue reading →

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Oscar Nominees 2009 and Getting Audience

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

And the 2009 Oscar Nominees are…. (see last years review last years nominees) Best Picture: Benjamin Button Frost Nixon MILK The Reader SlumDog Millionaire Main points of note: Heath Ledger gets a nod, Slumdog Millionaire is still the darling, Meryl … Continue reading →

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Academy Award Viewership Issues

Posted on February 26, 2008 by

John Bryant observes: A combination of factors affecting this year’s Academy Awards viewership show on Sunday: Gruesome /dark nature of many of the top films up for awards Number of non-traditional film subjects Writer’s strike got us away from TV … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Oscar?

Posted on February 26, 2008 by

John Bryant writes: At the 80th Academy Awards Sunday Feb. 24th, 2008, an actress stood up and said that her award is an “accident” because she didn’t know how she got up there to receive her Oscar. No one can … Continue reading →

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