Oscars Schmoscars
So I'm reading EW, my entertainment bible, when I see the viewership stats of the Academy Awards. Lowest. Ever. And of course EW had some great suggestions as to how to amp up the show - but then, good, common-sense advice has always been abundant to the Academy during this protracted, years-long slump. So here's the question: why isn't the show successfully changing in view of declining viewership? What's the problem, exactly?
And so the Wave-inatrix wants to know: how would YOU change the Academy Awards to make them more fun and entertaining?
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3 comments:
What bothers me most about all the talk of the Oscars' ratings decline is that people think the TV audience has anything at all to do with it. I mean, let's be honest – if anyone really wanted to make an Oscars telecast people that would watch, it would be two hours of red carpet and half an hour for the top 6 awards (Best Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Picture, Best Director). That's all anyone really cares about. The rest is all Hollywood diplomacy.
There's no real way to improve the Oscars without causing some major industrial strife. After all, with so much professional pride and opportunity riding on a nomination, regardless of what it's for, who on earth is going to say "Yeah, the show's ratings suck. You can cut me out."
They can't make it shorter, they can't make it better. I think the best they can do is just call it what it is and get on with it.
Have the actors and actresses go through a series of humiliating and demeaning tasks like FEAR FACTOR. Last man or woman standing takes it all.
There's one big fallacy to the "Oscar's ratings are down" line - EVERYTHING'S ratings are down. It's simple demographics, as television's total market sahare is continually eroding against the internet and video games.
There are simple less people watching television period. So any show that's got a track record as long as Oscar's will show declining numbers, especially in the last few years as other media options have bloomed.
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