The Oscars have came and gone and while this may have been the most controversial Oscar awards ever, many thought that Chris Rock hosting would help save the show.
Overnight ratings for Sunday’s ceremonies on ABC were down to what appears to be the show’s lowest number in eight years, according to Variety. The Oscars averaged a still-big 23.4 household rating/36 share from 8:30 to midnight ET, down 6% from last year’s 25.0/38 and 16% below the 10-year high of 27.9/41 from two years ago. And in adults 18-49, last night’s 13.5 overnight rating was down 5% from 2015 (14.2). Despite declines from recent years, it will easily remain television’s top-rated non-sports program of the year, beating out the Grammy’s.