Fantasy--Violinist and Big Hollywood blogger Endre Balogh:
I recently had a conversation with a very well known actor friend who was dumbfounded by my statement that “No one watches the Academy Awards any more.” Since he attends them every year, he couldn’t imagine how I could utter such a blasphemy.Fantasy--Movie journalist and fellow Big Hollywood blogger Steve Mason on how the Oscars were doomed this year:
As a hardcore movie fan, I will be watching, but the average American doesn’t care about enough of these movies to draw a substantial audience. This group of Best Picture nominees seems destined to be the second-least popular group of nominees in the past fifteen years with an ultimate combined cume of just $293M.
Reality--
When in doubt, stick on a top hat and wheel out the big band. That seemed to be the motto adopted by producers of Sunday's Oscars telecast, which featuring an all-singing, all-dancing Hugh Jackman in place of 2008 host Jon Stewart's dry wit. And at first glance, it seems to have done the trick: ABC reports that US viewing figures for the show leapt 4.3m to 36.3m, 13% up from last year's historic low of 32m.
Jackman, the first non-standup to take on hosting duties since 1987, was particularly popular among women, who returned to the show in droves. The telecast was up 11% among women aged 18-34, and 12% among those aged 18-49 and 25-54, according to estimates from TV analysts Nielsen.
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