Oscar show: quota crash despite records at American Idol!

Oscar show: quota crash despite records at American Idol!

The 97th Academy Awards on Sunday evening attracted around 18.1 million viewers in the United States, which corresponds to a decrease of 7% compared to the previous year when 19.5 million people were there, such as OE24 reports . These numbers mark the first quota crash after three years of increasing number of spectators. In the pandemic phase, the 2021 award reached a historical low with only 10.4 million viewers.

This year the big blockbusters such as “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” were missing, which certainly contributed to the low number of spectators. Nevertheless, the award in its category was able to convince: Without sports and news content, it was the most watched prime time show of the current TV season, with a rating of 3.92 for 18 to 49 year olds, reported Quotenmeter . This shows an increase of three percent in this age group, and it is the best result in this demographic group for five years.

Successful starting start for «American Idol»

But not only the Oscars generated headlines: the subsequent half -hour preview of the eighth season of “American Idol” achieved 5.9 million viewers and thus the best season start in three years. This could indicate a growing interest in talent shows and at the same time prove the consistency of “American Idol”.