The Oscars are done

The next one will be broadcast on Netflix.  Kyle Smith: "Oscar Ratings Crater, Hit Another Record Low" and by "record low" we mean losing half your audience.

Everyone knew this was coming, given how pathetic the ratings were for the Golden Globes and the Grammys, but even so, the viewership numbers are a shocking disaster for the Academy Awards broadcast. After last year’s rock-bottom viewership hit 23.6 million and the top award went to a Korean film, Parasite, the average person hadn’t even heard of, this year’s Oscars went full woke. You never go full woke . . .

Ratings crashed 58 percent off last year’s abysmal viewership, down to 9.85 million Americans. Let that sink in: In a nation of 330 million, not even ten million Americans watched the Oscars. 

The star power is gone. The glamour is gone. The public interest is gone.

Ace makes a similar point here: when you disagree with the direction someone or something is taking, at first you complain and then you forget about it altogether.  The Oscars have crossed that threshold. 

For the record, here's one of my favorite Oscar moments (back when I looked forward to them): Louise Fletcher wins Best Actress for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and thanks her deaf parents.