Oscars second lowest viewership since Neilson started taking ratings

[guno]

In fascist regimes journalism and the arts are the first victims. Hollywood is right to stand against the deplorables.

Trump attacked the arts? When?

Want to stand against us deplorables? Fine with us. Let the Pussy Hats watch your shows. We will find better things to do.

The Trump train is rolling. You either get on, or stay off.

The Trump train's been on damage control since day one. You rubes have no better things to do. That's why you voted Trump... in the hopes he'd save you from your pathetic lives.

2016 Box Office Revenue Hits $11.17B for Another Record Year

yep trumps rubes are the hee haw crowd

 

[Auld Phart]

Everyone knows this was a throw away Oscars to make it look like liberal celebrities are inclusive after getting called out on their racism and segregation last year even though all they did was add a bunch of token Black people (no other minorities really). I haven't watched the Oscars since about 2002 anyway.

So Republicans boycott liberal things just like liberals boycott south Carolina when they pull some shinanigans or hobby lobby.

You should only watch Charleston Heston's movies, go to Dennis Miller stand up, root for Tom Brady and listen to Ted nugent

boycott?

someone boycotted the Oscars?

Odd, Didnt' see the memo

 

[AsianTrumpSupporter]

Everyone knows this was a throw away Oscars to make it look like liberal celebrities are inclusive after getting called out on their racism and segregation last year even though all they did was add a bunch of token Black people (no other minorities really). I haven't watched the Oscars since about 2002 anyway.

So Republicans boycott liberal things just like liberals boycott south Carolina when they pull some shinanigans or hobby lobby.

You should only watch Charleston Heston's movies, go to Dennis Miller stand up, root for Tom Brady and listen to Ted nugent

boycott?

someone boycotted the Oscars?

Odd, Didnt' see the memo

I'd rather catch up on my favorite YouTubers than watch the Oscars.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

i remember in the late 90's when it was around 12/13.00 to see a movie,,even then, I knew it was a rip off,,,then 5.00 for food, and 3.00 to poop

 

[AsianTrumpSupporter]

i remember in the late 90's when it was around 12/13.00 to see a movie,,even then, I knew it was a rip off,,,then 5.00 for food, and 3.00 to poop

Everyone I know streams most movies these days rather than pay for them. I still go to the movies, but rarely.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The Academy Awards had their most chaotic conclusion ever on Sunday night, but a relatively small audience was watching it.

The ceremony, broadcast on ABC, drew 32.9 million viewers, the second-lowest total since Nielsen started tracking viewership in 1974.

This is the third straight year of declining viewership for the show, and the ratings hit is a significant one: In the last three years, the Oscars have shed more than 10 million viewers.

The only Oscars broadcast to fare worse was the 2008 show, which had 32 million viewers and aired shortly after a writers’ strike had ended.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/business/media/academy-awards-ratings-viewership-abc.html

Before the mods get on me for creating a post about entertainment in a political forum, I posted this because I do think politics had a play in all this. Here and there, we have read where us right-wingers would boycott this event. Laughed at by the left, are we now seeing the results of this boycott, or are they going to try and spin that it was the snafu AT THE END of the program that is responsible for this historically low viewership rating?

It was predicted well in advance the bashing Trump would take by these celebrity clowns. Yet most of the leftist articles I read are trying to pinpoint the ratings on the screw up for best picture where they read the wrong movie. Does anybody with an ounce of sense believe this for a minute?

I don't.

You must have rubber arms with that ability to pat yourself on the back.

The fact is nothing about broadcast ratings measures any kind of "assent". That's not even possible. Ratings measure attention. And the one thing---and the only thing --- they mean is a basis upon which to set advertising rates, meaning "we can deliver X number of Y type of people for your advertising".

That's it. The entire length and breadth of what they represent. They mean absolutely nothing unless you're either buying or selling commercials.

You can't "boycott" a national broadcast. You can boycott Rusty's Bait and Tackle Shop in a small town where you know everybody. Doesn't apply here.

As for the ratings report --- good. Let 'em fade. I've never for the life of me understood why anybody would want to watch somebody else's wankfest in a field they're not even involved in.

so given the fact that they make money from sponsors, don't you think they are discussing their loss and perhaps might tone down political rhetoric for the next event? Or are they going to continue their Trump bashing and insulting his supporters?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

yep trumps rubes are the hee haw crowd

Then maybe Hee-Haw will get better ratings.

 

[Pogo]

Everyone knows this was a throw away Oscars to make it look like liberal celebrities are inclusive after getting called out on their racism and segregation last year even though all they did was add a bunch of token Black people (no other minorities really). I haven't watched the Oscars since about 2002 anyway.

So Republicans boycott liberal things just like liberals boycott south Carolina when they pull some shinanigans or hobby lobby.

You should only watch Charleston Heston's movies, go to Dennis Miller stand up, root for Tom Brady and listen to Ted nugent

boycott?

someone boycotted the Oscars?

Odd, Didnt' see the memo

I know, right? First I ever heard of it was this goofy thread, not that it would have changed anything for me since I've never watched that shit anyway.

OP's got a WAY bigly inflated opinion of himself.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

yep trumps rubes are the hee haw crowd

Then maybe Hee-Haw will get better ratings.

so what do they do in LA if they catch you bringing your own meals/while watching movies,,and also paid 15.00 to see it? go to your seat, wrestle u out of the theater/kick ur butt/taze you, then fine u 50.00 for bringing yur own snacks?

 

[JimBowie1958]

Oscars?

Is that where all these thespians give each other little statues?

IS there anything more possibly boring other than discussions of ballistics?

Hardly boring. I learned about this on O'Reilly tonight.

Tehran: Iran's Culture Minister Reza Salehi-Amiri and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday lauded prominent director Asghar Farhadi's best foreign film Oscar win for his movie The Salesman.

"With Farhadi's film The Salesman, the voice of the Iranian culture was heard in the world," state news agency Irna quoted Salehi-Amri as stating.


"Iranian culture is a culture of peace, friendship, convergence and coexistence.

"This message and this award showed that the US President's behaviour is against peace and friendship," Salehi-Amir added in a reference to Donald Trump's controversial ban on citizens of seven Muslim countries.

Salehi-Amir praised the art and cinema community for awarding Farhadi an Oscar at the Los Angeles awards ceremony on Sunday - and his boycotting of the star-studded event.

Iran Hails Asghar Farhadi's Best Foreign Film Oscar Win

So this joker, from the world state of terrorism, is boycotting us??? And he got a round of applause from this leftist audience? Then they are scratching their heads why this boycott is active?

Yes, while the Baghdad Bob sorts of lies from Turd World shit holes is kind of funny at times, I am kind of bored with seeing so many of them all the time.

 

[Pogo]

The Academy Awards had their most chaotic conclusion ever on Sunday night, but a relatively small audience was watching it.

The ceremony, broadcast on ABC, drew 32.9 million viewers, the second-lowest total since Nielsen started tracking viewership in 1974.

This is the third straight year of declining viewership for the show, and the ratings hit is a significant one: In the last three years, the Oscars have shed more than 10 million viewers.

The only Oscars broadcast to fare worse was the 2008 show, which had 32 million viewers and aired shortly after a writers’ strike had ended.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/business/media/academy-awards-ratings-viewership-abc.html

Before the mods get on me for creating a post about entertainment in a political forum, I posted this because I do think politics had a play in all this. Here and there, we have read where us right-wingers would boycott this event. Laughed at by the left, are we now seeing the results of this boycott, or are they going to try and spin that it was the snafu AT THE END of the program that is responsible for this historically low viewership rating?

It was predicted well in advance the bashing Trump would take by these celebrity clowns. Yet most of the leftist articles I read are trying to pinpoint the ratings on the screw up for best picture where they read the wrong movie. Does anybody with an ounce of sense believe this for a minute?

I don't.

You must have rubber arms with that ability to pat yourself on the back.

The fact is nothing about broadcast ratings measures any kind of "assent". That's not even possible. Ratings measure attention. And the one thing---and the only thing --- they mean is a basis upon which to set advertising rates, meaning "we can deliver X number of Y type of people for your advertising".

That's it. The entire length and breadth of what they represent. They mean absolutely nothing unless you're either buying or selling commercials.

You can't "boycott" a national broadcast. You can boycott Rusty's Bait and Tackle Shop in a small town where you know everybody. Doesn't apply here.

As for the ratings report --- good. Let 'em fade. I've never for the life of me understood why anybody would want to watch somebody else's wankfest in a field they're not even involved in.

so given the fact that they make money from sponsors, don't you think they are discussing their loss and perhaps might tone down political rhetoric for the next event? Or are they going to continue their Trump bashing and insulting his supporters?

I think their analysts will be looking at a ton of influences you didn't think of, including but not limited to ---

--- what the broadcast competition was in that time slot...
--- what the weather was that night
--- what the lead-in was that night
--- how much people are using the internet and/or (anti)social media in place of TV

Hate to bring this revelation to your bubble but most people don't tune in to awards shows to see what the political content is going to be. This will astound you but there's actually millions of people out there who are capable of taking a shit without somehow tying it to politics.

 

[aaronleland]

I'm starting to get the feeling that only rightwingers who claim to hates the Oscars watched the Oscars.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The Academy Awards had their most chaotic conclusion ever on Sunday night, but a relatively small audience was watching it.

The ceremony, broadcast on ABC, drew 32.9 million viewers, the second-lowest total since Nielsen started tracking viewership in 1974.

This is the third straight year of declining viewership for the show, and the ratings hit is a significant one: In the last three years, the Oscars have shed more than 10 million viewers.

The only Oscars broadcast to fare worse was the 2008 show, which had 32 million viewers and aired shortly after a writers’ strike had ended.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/business/media/academy-awards-ratings-viewership-abc.html

Before the mods get on me for creating a post about entertainment in a political forum, I posted this because I do think politics had a play in all this. Here and there, we have read where us right-wingers would boycott this event. Laughed at by the left, are we now seeing the results of this boycott, or are they going to try and spin that it was the snafu AT THE END of the program that is responsible for this historically low viewership rating?

It was predicted well in advance the bashing Trump would take by these celebrity clowns. Yet most of the leftist articles I read are trying to pinpoint the ratings on the screw up for best picture where they read the wrong movie. Does anybody with an ounce of sense believe this for a minute?

I don't.

You must have rubber arms with that ability to pat yourself on the back.

The fact is nothing about broadcast ratings measures any kind of "assent". That's not even possible. Ratings measure attention. And the one thing---and the only thing --- they mean is a basis upon which to set advertising rates, meaning "we can deliver X number of Y type of people for your advertising".

That's it. The entire length and breadth of what they represent. They mean absolutely nothing unless you're either buying or selling commercials.

You can't "boycott" a national broadcast. You can boycott Rusty's Bait and Tackle Shop in a small town where you know everybody. Doesn't apply here.

As for the ratings report --- good. Let 'em fade. I've never for the life of me understood why anybody would want to watch somebody else's wankfest in a field they're not even involved in.

so given the fact that they make money from sponsors, don't you think they are discussing their loss and perhaps might tone down political rhetoric for the next event? Or are they going to continue their Trump bashing and insulting his supporters?

I think their analysts will be looking at a ton of influences you didn't think of, including but not limited to ---

--- what the broadcast competition was in that time slot...
--- what the weather was that night
--- what the lead-in was that night
--- how much people are using the internet and/or (anti)social media in place of TV

Hate to bring this revelation to your bubble but most people don't tune in to awards shows to see what the political content is going to be. This will astound you but there's actually millions of people out there who are capable of taking a shit without somehow tying it to politics.

I never suggested that people "tune in" to see what the political content will be, I suggested that maybe people are tuning out because of the political content.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

the 80's were the coolest times to watch the grammys/oscars

 

[aaronleland]

the 80's were the coolest times to watch the grammys/oscars

The 80's were also the coolest times to get AIDS.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Everyone knows this was a throw away Oscars to make it look like liberal celebrities are inclusive after getting called out on their racism and segregation last year even though all they did was add a bunch of token Black people (no other minorities really). I haven't watched the Oscars since about 2002 anyway.

So Republicans boycott liberal things just like liberals boycott south Carolina when they pull some shinanigans or hobby lobby.

You should only watch Charleston Heston's movies, go to Dennis Miller stand up, root for Tom Brady and listen to Ted nugent

boycott?

someone boycotted the Oscars?

Odd, Didnt' see the memo

I know, right? First I ever heard of it was this goofy thread, not that it would have changed anything for me since I've never watched that shit anyway.

OP's got a WAY bigly inflated opinion of himself.

And what opinion of myself might that be? I never mentioned myself in the OP, merely asking a question.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I'm starting to get the feeling that only rightwingers who claim to hates the Oscars watched the Oscars.

See what following your feelings gets you?

Looking dumb and dumber. lol

 

[JimBowie1958]

The 80's were also the coolest times to get AIDS.

The 80';s had the best rock'n roll music.

Fuck Aids, we still came out way ahead.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

the 80's were the coolest times to watch the grammys/oscars

The 80's were also the coolest times to get AIDS.

and gas was always around 1.00 a gallon,,,call girls about 10.00 hr

 

[aaronleland]

I'm starting to get the feeling that only rightwingers who claim to hates the Oscars watched the Oscars.

See what following your feelings gets you?

Looking dumb and dumber. lol

Am not.