>The 98th annual Academy Awards drew 17.86 million viewers on ABC and Hulu, which makes it the least-watched Oscars telecast since 2022. The number is down 9% from last year’s 19.7 million viewers, which had been a five-year high for the telecast.
>The telecast averaged a 3.92 rating among adults 18-49, down from last year’s 4.54 but up from 2024’s 3.82 rating. Despite this year’s dip, the 98th Academy Awards now rates as the No. 1 primetime entertainment telecast of the 2025-2026 season, according to Disney.
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This is why it’s going on youtube
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Arguably, if Will Smith were attending, we all would have watched just to see the awkwardness.
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The richest giving us yet another dystopian spectacle celebrating themselves, hard pass.
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Daily news about the worldwide billionaire circlejerk is enough for me, don’t need to watch the multimillionaire circlejerk on top of it.
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>The 98th annual Academy Awards drew 17.86 million viewers on ABC and Hulu, which makes it the least-watched Oscars telecast since 2022. The number is down 9% from last year’s 19.7 million viewers, which had been a five-year high for the telecast.
>The telecast averaged a 3.92 rating among adults 18-49, down from last year’s 4.54 but up from 2024’s 3.82 rating. Despite this year’s dip, the 98th Academy Awards now rates as the No. 1 primetime entertainment telecast of the 2025-2026 season, according to Disney.
This is why it’s going on youtube
Arguably, if Will Smith were attending, we all would have watched just to see the awkwardness.
The richest giving us yet another dystopian spectacle celebrating themselves, hard pass.
Daily news about the worldwide billionaire circlejerk is enough for me, don’t need to watch the multimillionaire circlejerk on top of it.