Oscars Ratings Rollercoaster

US Oscars TV viewership: 2014 — 43.7M 2015 — 37.3M 2016 — 34.4M 2017 — 32.9M 2018 — 26.5M 2019 — 29.6M 2020 — 23.6M 2021 — 10.4M 2022 — 16.6M 2023 — 18.7M 2024 — 19.5M 2025 — 19.7M I’m not quite sure why it’s halved over the last decade. I suspect there’s less of a celebrity culture – with many celebrities being TikTok stars these days, not film stars. Read more →

Oscars Night with My Cringe-Worthy Girlfriend

Something you just have to embrace with with the Oscars it just how toe-curlingly cringe it can be at times.1 So it was fun watching it with my girlfriend – who has never watched the Oscars before – and finding her cringe at the exact same moments. Me and my girlfriend put ‘bets’ on each category, which added a nice sense of occasion and suspense. She won. Conan O’Brien as host was okay. Read more →