ABC is reporting that the early start for the 96th Oscars on ABC helped push the average audience to 19.5 million total viewers, a four-year high. It also scored a 3.81 rating among adults 18-49 based on Fast National Live+Same Day program data from Nielsen.
The four-year high in total viewers (19.5 million), the biggest since the 2020 broadcast, also meant that “The Oscars” grew for the 3rd straight year in Total Viewers, improving over last year’s broadcast by nearly 1 million viewers (19.5 million vs. 18.8 million), ABC said.
