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Oscars Audience Up To 19.69 Million After Disney Adds Mobile & PC Viewing

Here are the viewership numbers for the 2025 Oscars across ABC and Hulu.

Conan O'Brien at the OscarsFrank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images The 97th annual Academy Awards saw drew 18.07M viewers across ABC and Hulu on Sunday night, per Disney. 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. However, like last year, the Academy opted for an earlier start time Sunday, kicking off the shindig at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, meaning that the show stayed largely in primetime.

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