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UK Oscars Coverage Makes ITV Bow With Peak Of 1M Viewers But Show Criticized For Insensitivity & A Lack Of Critical Expertise
ITV Oscars Coverage was criticized for insensitivity and lack of critical expertise with Jonathan Ross, Richard Armitage, Fay Ripley, Ben Bailey Smith
Deadline revealed ITV had scooped Oscars rights from Sky last year and the coverage was helmed by British broadcaster Jonathan Ross, who was joined by a panel made up of The Hobbit actor Richard Armitage, radio and documentary presenter Yinka Bokinni, actress Fay Ripley and comedian/critic Ben Bailey Smith. Multiple X users pointed to the absurdity of the panel comparing Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon – a movie that included the murder and torture of Native Americans – to ITV soap Emmerdale. Others cited examples of the panel failing to correctly pronounce some of the nominee’s names including The Holdovers winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who took home Best Supporting Actress.
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