- By Ely Márquez
- (General Dispatch) – According to data revealed by the Nielsen company, it is preliminarily estimated that the audience for the 2021 Oscars on ABC has dropped to 9.5 million viewers.
- The continuous and surprising drop in the audience levels of the Oscar Academy continues to surprise many, as the lack of interest in the seventh art is notorious in recent years.
- Many attribute the cause to the arrival of the pandemic, but in fact, in recent years these indicators show a downward trend.
- The Oscars were held this Sunday in a somewhat innovative way, with the participation of a reduced group of actors, producers and other members of the academy due to the pandemic.
- After a year where the seventh art failed to bring to the market typical avant-garde films because of being surrounded by the covid-19 the academy does not have much to offer.
- Unlike the Golden Globes and the Grammy Awards, which registered really high audience levels, the Academy went unnoticed.
- As best picture winner, “Nomadland” was 58% below the audience expectation generated last year.
- Finally, the inferences caused by the pandemic are undoubtedly a reflection of what nearly ten million viewers witnessed last Sunday night at a rare Oscar ceremony.
Adittional Information:
Breitbart: Academy Awards television audience plummets to 9.85 million
AP News: ‘Nomadland’ wins best picture at a social distanced Oscars
