Oscars nothing to write home about

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Oscar ratings set a record low
Published 2/25/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
Whether the strike is to blame or the lack of box office appeal in the movies nominated, the Oscars tanked this year in the ratings. According to ABC's very preliminary household metered market overnights, the awards averaged a 21.9 rating/33 share. That's down a sharp 21% from last year and the lowest on record in at least 20 years. More accurate ratings numbrs will be available shortly. The highest-rated Oscar telecast during the past five years was in 2004, when audience favorite The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won best picture and 43.5 million people ...

Oscars Bomb! BOMB!!!!
Published 2/25/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
The Academy Awards telecast on Sunday got the worst ratings it's received in TWENTY years. Ouch!

Oscars nothing to write home about; Lowest ratings in 20 years
Published 2/25/2008 at OH NO!!
... "had an underwhelming feel that left the clear impression it was put together on the fly." The Washington Post said, "The show was so overstocked with clips from movies -- from this year's nominees and from Oscar winners going back to 1929 -- that it was like a TV show with the hiccups. While THR noted: "producers failed to notice that the best moments in those endless montages came from memorable acceptance speeches. Instead they were in a rush to get winners off the stage." Source

Whoopie Goldberg in Tears Over Oscar Snub
Published 2/25/2008 by Allie at Allie Is Wired - The Entertainment Blog
... Whoopi Goldberg was snubbed by the Oscars last night! The Oscar winner herself was the first woman and first person of color to host the Academy Awards, yet she was left out of the montage of Oscar hosts on Sunday. How dare they! Whoopi has been in numerous movies, I haven’t seen one that I haven’t liked. She’s hosted the event FOUR times. Don’t feel bad Whoopi…. the Oscars had the worst ratings it’s received in TWENTY YEARS! Love you Whoopi… this one ...

Oscar Ratings At 20 Year Low
Published 2/25/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... As much as I enjoyed the Oscars last night, it appears that many people decided to skip out on the program and watch something else. We get wind of some disappointing numbers from the hallowed halls of the Hollywood Reporter: ...

What If They Threw An Oscars, And Nobody Showed? [Trade Round Up]
Published 2/25/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... · In case you missed it--and apparently many, many of you did--it was the Oscars last night. "The Awards averaged a 21.9 rating/33 share. That's down a sharp 21% from last year and the lowest on record in at least 20 years." [THR] ...

Published 2/25/2008 by Whitney at Mollygood
... THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ‘NORBIT’ GETS NOMINATED “According to ABC’s very preliminary household metered market overnights, the [Oscars] averaged a 21.9 rating/33 share. That’s down a sharp 21 percent from last year and the lowest on record in at least 20 years.” ...

Oscar Clips on YouTube? That Would Be Too Easy.
Published 2/25/2008 by karina at SpoutBlog
... Chris is coming up with a list of things the Academy can do to improve telecast ratings, so check back later this afternoon for that. But this kind of thing has got to be one explanation for last night’s show doing so poorly. The new generation of celebrity porn addicts don’t even know they’re supposed to obsess about the Oscars, because the ...

Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: March 2, 2008
Published 3/2/2008 by Sean at Film Junk
... Damon and Paul Greengrass Back for More Bourne Where The Wild Things Are Pushed Back to 2009 for Massive Reshoots Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg in Cocaine Cowboys Remake? The Last Starfighter Sequel In The Works Two People Stabbed at Screening of The Signal Cantankerous Podcast #2 New Trailers Step Brothers Love Guru Starship Troopers 3: Marauder The Onion Movie The Fall Some Stories We Didn’t Cover This Year’s Oscars Deliver Lowest TV Ratings Ever New Line Cinema Merges with Warner Brothers ...

The Real Problem with the 80th Academy Awards
Published 3/3/2008 by Ken Evans at FirstShowing.net
... Since that morning I have noticed magazine articles, news clips, and internet blogs all discussing the lack of interest in this year's Academy Awards. Everyone seems to be focusing on the show itself, calling it boring and uninteresting. It had the worst viewer rating in the history of televised Oscar ceremonies, with only 32 million viewers compared to last year's 40.2 million (Hollywood Reporter). What is the real reason behind the lack of interest in this year's show? Did people tune in and then tune out due to lack of entertainment value? I don't think the problem was the ...