Oscars ratings plunge, lowest viewership in its history
The 2018 Academy Awards are officially the least-watched Oscars telecast in history.
Preliminary ratings figures saw the telecast drop to an all-time low of 26.5 million viewers, roughly 19 percent down from its 2017 numbers.
With a running time of nearly four hours, the Oscars also clocked in as the longest telecast in over a decade, despite only topping the 2017 show by one minute.
The previous low-water mark for the Oscars came in 2008, when “No Country For Old Men” won best picture.
