Just Under 40 Million Viewers Watch The Oscars

Written by charmed_dude from the blog US TV Ratings on 28 Feb 2007
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Just Under 40 Million Viewers watch The Oscars
Source: Nielson Media Ratings

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The 79th Annual Academy Awards which aired Sunday Live on ABC (Local Broadcast Monday 7:30pm on M-Net) at 8:30pm garnered viewership numbers just shy of 40 Million Viewers.

ABC was more than happy with the viewership numbers. The pre-show, "Road to the Oscars" which aired at 8:00pm pulled in 32.94 Million Viewers, the Event itself from 8:30pm which run right until midnight, overal on average pulled in 39.48 Million Viewers.

Advertisers equally happy with the impressive demographics both events delievered. The Pre-show, "Road to the Oscars" delivered a 19.7/29 Household Demo, and a 10.7/24 Adult 18-49 Demographic. The 79th Annual Academy Awards Show deliever an impressive 23.5/35 Household Demo, and 14.1/31 Adult 18-49 Demographic.

Unable to compete, viewership on the other four networks were compiled mainly of repeats and specials.

ABC won the night hands down with a special Nelison 7:00pm - 12:00am data coverage, pulling in 33.71 Million Viewers for the night with a 11.7/27 A18-49. CBS next to hit it big with 8.26 Million Viewers and a 2.1/5 A18-49 demo. NBC managed to pull in 5.09 Million Viewers, 1.6/4 A18-49 demo with FOX doing surprisingly well thanks to the NASCAR: Nextel Cup Overrun ( 11.96 Million Viewers; 4.9/13 A18-49) and strong performance by it's Animation Series in Re-Runs. FOX pulled in 9.31 Million Viewers with a A18-49 4.1/9 Demo. Lastly, The CW pulled in 2.20 Million Viewers with a 0.8/2 A18-49 demographic.

Numbers are derrived from Nielson Media's Fast National Ratings and are subject to change when Final Overnight Ratings are taken into account.

Source: Nielson Media Data Ratings; ABC Media