Is Jennifer Lawrence really tall? Or is Jodie Foster really short?!
Posted on 03/05/2018 1:10:56 PM PST by Red Badger
The telecast stumbles an unfortunate 19 percent from 2017.
A comparatively uneventful Oscar telecast led the way on TV Sunday night — though updated numbers have the telecast somewhat predictably stumbling to an all-time low.
The telecast, nearly four hours long, stumbled 19 percent from the previous year to 26.5 million viewers. That's easily the least-watched Oscars in history, trailing 2008 by more than 5 million. Overnight returns had the lengthy ABC telecast averaging a 18.9 rating among households between 8 and 11 p.m. ET. Compared to the same stat for 2017, the night the wrong best picture winner was named, that was down a more modest 16 percent.
The 2017 Academy Awards, which earned a 22.4 overnight rating, ultimately fetched 32.9 million viewers for ABC — as well as a handsome 9.1 rating among adults 18-49. Still, those numbers reflected the second-lowest in Academy history. (ABC did not immediately report the adults 18-49 rating for Sunday's Oscars, and Nielsen won't widely distribute that information until Tuesday.)
The night was not as political as many recent award shows, with showings of partisanship few and far between. The fallout and response to the exposure of sexual harassment and assault in the entertainment industry was an obvious through line — and honorees like best actress winner Frances McDormand made stands for inclusivity and representation in the industry. Host Jimmy Kimmel seems to have earned praise for another solid performance during his second consecutive year on stage.
But the writing was largely on the wall for lows, either way. All three marquee events of the U.S. TV calendar thus far — the Golden Globe Awards, the Grammys and the Super Bowl — were off significantly from the 2017.
At three hours and 50 minutes, Sunday's Oscars may have only passed last year's runtime by one minute, but it managed to rank as the longest telecast in over a decade. Not since 2007 has an Academy Awards ceremony lasted that long.
And it wasn't exactly a night of box office sloucher nominees. Though top winner The Shape of Water ($57 million domestic to date) hasn't exactly been a runaway hit, it certainly outpaced 2017's winner Moonlight ($28 million) and actually ranks as the top-grossing best picture winner in five years. And Dunkirk, the only other film to nab more than two wins on Sunday, took $188 million at the domestic box office — just a little more than Get Out, which was up in multiple categories and saw a writing win for scribe-director Jordan Peele.
Here's a look at the last ten Oscars. 2017: 32.9 million viewers
2016: 34.4 million viewers
2015: 37.3 million viewers
2014: 43.7 million viewers
2013: 40.4 million viewers
2012: 39.5 million viewers
2011: 37.9 million viewers
2010: 41.6 million viewers
2009: 36.9 million viewers
2008: 31.8 million viewers*
This time, it was Lloyd Bridges, striking a pose in front of a picture of himself, striking the same pose. :-)
"Get me Hamm on Five, hold the Mayo."
It used to be fun to watch when you actually liked the actors and actresses and the gowns were fabulous. Today you not only dislike the people, the clothes are awful. Each actress tries to see how low her dress can go and the one who gets closest to her pubic bone gets to scream #MeToo
Check the Radar Range!.................
2018: 26.5 million viewers
2017: 32.9 million viewers
2016: 34.4 million viewers
2015: 37.3 million viewers
2014: 43.7 million viewers
2013: 40.4 million viewers
2012: 39.5 million viewers
2011: 37.9 million viewers
2010: 41.6 million viewers
2009: 36.9 million viewers
2008: 31.8 million viewers*
All the old Oscar Viewers are dying off, and the millenials couldn’t care less about the phony awards shows..............................
Oscars have turned in a propaganda production. This time there was, I heard, lecturing regarding illegal aliens and how wonderful they are.
Folks, just like Obama & Clinton have killed the Democrat Party, the “Hollywood Elite, Low Life” have killed the Academy Awards. If the TV viewership numbers are anywhere near correct, that means that only seven (7) or eight (8) percent (26 Million) of Americans tuned in last evening....a literal, dismal, massive failure. Take that...Jimmy Kimmel!!!
An all-time low! Congratulations Jimmy Kimmel and all you Hollywood a**holes.
Some winners in one of the lesser categories came up, and the man thanked his husband and the woman thanked her wife. Ugh....
Is Jennifer Lawrence really tall? Or is Jodie Foster really short?!
Jennifer Lawrence is 5'9" and wearing heels.
Jodi Foster is 5'3" and wearing her lesbian flats.
It’s our fault for not wanting to be ignored, demeaned, abused, and controlled.
Clearly, the American people are tired of the crap from Hollywood. Too much intrigue, he said, she said stuff. Too much soap opera stuff.
5’9” to 5’3”.
Jennifer Lawrence is two inches taller than co-star in Hunger Games, Josh Hutcherson.
I read the book. Katniss was petite, second smallest candidate, as I recall; lethal long-range archery was what saved her. Peeta was actually big and strong, and the actor who played Cato, Alexander Ludwig, auditioned for that role, while the actress, Isabelle Fuhrman, who played his partner, Clove, tried out for Katniss.
Ludwig at 6’2”, and Fuhrman at 5’3”, would have been better, but lacked the current buzz to get the lead roles. If Fuhrman can sing, then she would have been far better: Katniss had a beautiful singing voice; it is pivotal to the story.
Lawrence has talent and presence, but she was not really appropriate for the role, and she cannot really sing.
She should shut up and not sing but act.
She should have an award for convincing Weinstein that she found him smart, funny and attractive.
Just like the NFL. Down nearly 20% for 2 years in a row.
Nominating terrible movies just because they are edgy and has “diversity” actors.
Actress Frances McDormand wants movies to be made by quota or she won’t make them. She herself would never get hired again as she is not the person the writer wrote about. She would have to act the part but with quotas she would not be eligible anymore. She is none of the characters so she would be unemployed.
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