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5 Reasons the 2025 Oscars Saw a Slight Ratings Increase Over 2024 ‘Barbenheimer’ Showdown
The audience for the Oscar telecast on March 2 showed a slight uptick from last year, when two blockbusters vied for best picture. How can that be?
Well, here’s a surprise: The audience for the Oscar telecast on Sunday (March 2), where indie film darling Anora led with five awards, showed a slight uptick from last year, when two certified blockbusters, Oppenheimer and Barbie, went head-to-head for best picture. Updated Nielsen data released Tuesday showed that the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood averaged 19.7 million viewers for ABC and sister streaming service Hulu, an increase of 200,000 from the prior year. When A Complete Unknown star Timothée Chalamet won in that category at the SAG Awards one week before Oscar night, it made people think he might just score an Oscar-night upset over the season’s front-runner, Adrien Brody for The Brutalist.
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