Why do people watch awards shows
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NBC went into expecting the Golden Globes to be in the red. The network declined to comment. Disney also sees ad revenue from sales at the TV stations it owns and the live stream on Oscars.
There are only a few places to reach them, and the Oscars is still one of those places. Oscar nominees were informed last month in an email that they will not have the option of accepting an award via Zoom and must attend the ceremony being held at Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in order to participate in the festivities.
Executives at the networks, who were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly, cited the use of Zoom and the lack of a live audience due to health protocols as the principal culprits for the ratings declines of other awards shows this year.
With many workplaces closed, there also has been far less water-cooler conversation about movies, TV and music. The disruption that occurred with the pandemic comes on top of the seismic shifts in viewing habits that have diminished the tradition of sitting through a live, three-hour-plus awards telecast. The Oscars scored a robust audience of 42 million viewers in when Ellen DeGeneres served as emcee. Since that year, the number of people who tune in to watch live broadcast and cable TV has been on a steady decline as the popularity of streaming has exploded.
Regina King, who opened Sunday's Oscars, used her time to allude to how Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three charges stemming from the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, last year. Then there are the nominees themselves. Nielsen's data shows that in the years where certain, more commercially popular, movies were nominated, more people tuned in.
Of course, there's the possibility that people are watching these award ceremonies, but are watching the programs differently. The Nielsen data doesn't include figures for viewers who opted to watch any of the major award shows on streaming platforms. Dan Rayburn, a media and streaming analyst, said one barrier is that the streaming industry hasn't yet agreed on a set definition of what a viewer is. Each streaming service has a different way of reporting how many people have watched a particular movie, TV show or live program.
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