UK protection of the 97th Oscars on ITV reached a peak of 1.1 million viewers – down on the 1.9 million peak of 2024, however nonetheless considerably greater than when the ceremony aired on Sky.
The 1.1 million peak got here at the beginning of the printed, which ran from 22:30 GMT on Sunday (March 2) till 03:45 on Monday (March 3).
The present averaged 565,000 viewers on ITV1, with streaming numbers from the broadcaster’s ITVX platform not but accessible.
That is 11.3% down on the 637,000 common from the 2024 ceremony, when curiosity was excessive because of the Barbenheimer phenomenon. Nevertheless, this yr’s figures have been 507.5% up on the 93,000 common from 2023, when Sky broadcast the ceremony.
ITV took UK broadcast rights to the Academy Awards in 2024, making them free-to-air within the nation for the primary time.
This yr’s broadcast was comfortably surpassed at the beginning of its timeslot by the BBC Information on BBC1 however then matched BBC1’s broadcast of 2003 movie Calendar Women from 22:50, overtaking it round midnight.
The ITV present was hosted by Jonathan Ross, whose earlier movie duties included internet hosting the BBC’s Movie… programme from 1999 to 2010. Company with Ross included The White Lotus star Jason Isaacs for the primary half of the programme; TV presenter Elle Osili-Wooden; and journalist Mariella Frostrup.
Scores for the US broadcast elevated 1% this yr, reaching a five-year excessive of 19.7 million together with cellular, PC and pill viewing.
Conan O’Brien hosted the present for the primary time, with comedy-drama Anora the large winner on the night time, taking 5 awards together with 4 for writer-director-editor Sean Baker and greatest actress for Mikey Madison.