LOS ANGELES - This year's historic Oscars were watched by the award show's smallest ever audience, with just 23.6 million viewers tuning in to ABC's domestic television broadcast.
For the second year running, the Academy Awards went without a host. The format was intended to replicate the success of last year's show, which had enjoyed a trend-bucking uplift in viewers. But they did not provide the same lure as the 2019 edition, which saw the band Queen open proceedings, and featured a memorable duet performance by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
Performances from over-familiar faces such as Randy Newman and Elton John"resembled a timeline of every Oscar night you've watched in the past two or three decades," wrote the Washington Post.
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