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Oscar Viewership Rises 4% As ‘Oppenheimer’-Dominated Ceremony Starts An Hour Earlier


The 2024 Oscar ratings are in. Read more on Deadline.

Perhaps it was naked John Cena or Ryan Gosling’s energizing performance of Barbie ‘s “I’m Just Ken” that pushed the audience over the edge. In 2022, the year of the slap seen around the world when subsequent Best Actor winner Will Smith took a whack at presenter Chris Rock, viewership leapt up to 16.6M. Jimmy Kimmel was back for the fourth time as ABC’s tried-and-true host for the evening, where Oppenheimer and Poor Things were the night’s most decorated films.

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