Oscars' TV audience dropped to 26.5 million - an all-time lowIt's thought the Oscars' decline could be attributed to the fact there's been year of political activism hitting the show, turning off viewers. Hollywood's biggest night that celebrates the best in movies over the last year is becoming a smaller attraction for TV viewers. The audience for American TV Channel ABC's annual telecast of the Oscars declined for a fourth consecutive year, according to Nielsen data, dropping to an all-time low of 26.5 million viewers. READ MORE* Oscars 2018 - a vanilla, tedious let down* Curious case of lost and found Oscar* What is an "inclusion rider"? The most-watched telecast was in 1998, when ABC had an audience of 55.2 million viewers the night all-time box-office champ Titanic won for best picture.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2018 19:53 UTC