NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith's violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable difference on the size of the ABC broadcast's television audience. But social media is a ...

"Barbenheimer" brought a bump, not a boom, to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night's 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. That's the biggest number drawn by the ...

The days of 57 million viewers tuning in to the Oscars, as they did in 1998 when Titanic won 11 statuettes, seem to be over for good. CBS' Sunday broadcast of the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards delivered ...

NEW YORK — The return of Billy Crystal helped boost viewership for the Academy Awards but not enough to prevent a cultural oddity: The Oscars weren't even the most-watched awards show on television ...

Hulu issues an apology following significant technical issues during its inaugural live stream of the 2025Oscars, which left many viewers frustrated after missing out on major moments of the ceremony.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Oscars disarray over the exit of Kevin Hart as the host of the show had an upside — people paid attention, ABC's entertainment president said Tuesday. "Ironically, I have found ...