Beginning the Oscars earlier appeared like the appropriate transfer for ABC! Simply have a look at the rankings.
The 2024 Oscars started shortly after 7/6c, and the three-and-a-half-hour present (it ended on time!) reached a four-year excessive (for the reason that 2020 broadcast) in viewers, with 19.5 million tuning in. The awards present additionally acquired a 3.81 ranking amongst Adults 18-49, primarily based on Quick Nationwide Dwell+Identical Day program information. Plus, Abbott Elementary, airing a particular episode after the Oscars at 10:30/9:30c—which featured a visitor spot from Bradley Cooper, nominated for his efficiency in Maestro—delivered the highest-rated sitcom telecast in practically 4 years.
The Oscars grew for the third straight yr in whole viewers, with practically 1 million extra individuals tuning in than final yr (18.8 million). The printed peaked within the last half-hour, from 10/9c to 10:29/9:29c, with 21.9 million viewers. That shouldn’t be a shock, for the reason that greatest awards of the evening are given out in that point.
The 2024 Oscars additionally stand because the strongest awards present telecast on any community in 4 years in whole viewers, since ABC’s broadcast of the 2020 Oscars on February 9, 2020. It additionally ranks as the highest leisure particular in primetime on any community in 4 years in whole viewers for the reason that aforementioned 2020 Oscars.
Abbott Elementary aired from 10:30/9:30c to 11:02/10:02c. The particular episode scored new sequence highs in each whole viewers (6.9 million) and amongst adults 18-49 (1.42 ranking). Not counting repeats, it was the highest-rated telecast for any sitcom on any community in practically 4 years amongst adults 18-49, since ABC aired the sequence finale of Trendy Household on April 8, 2020.
ABC notes that with the 19.5 million that tuned in, the Oscars outdrew this yr’s Grammys by 14 % (17.1 million), Golden Globes by 105 % (9.5 million), and Emmys by 333 % (4.5 million).
The Oscars ranked because the No. 1 most social program on Sunday, producing 28.5 million whole social interactions and rising 4 % from the 2023 ceremony (27.4 million).
