UK Oscars coverage peaks at 1.1m viewers, down on previous year

97 UK compensation^th ITV’s Oscars peaked with 1.1 million viewers – down at 1.9 A million It’s peak in 2024, but it’s still significantly higher than when the ceremony aired in the sky.

The peak of 1.1 million took place at the start of the broadcast, which lasted from 22:30 GMT on Sunday (March 2) until 03:45 on Monday (March 3).

The show averaged 565,000 viewers on ITV1, and streaming numbers from the station’s ITVX platform were not yet available.

This was a 11.3% decrease on an average of 637,000 from the 2024 ceremony, and was of high interest due to the Baubenheimer phenomenon. However, this year’s figures have increased by 507.5%, an average of 93,000 since 2023 when Sky aired the ceremony.

ITV won the Academy Awards for the UK broadcasting rights in 2024, and aired it for the first time for free domestic broadcasting.

This year’s broadcast was pleasantly outperformed at the start of BBC1’s time slots by BBC News, but coincided with the 2003 film BBC1 broadcast. Calendar girl They will pass from 22:50 and around midnight.

The ITV show was hosted by Jonathan Ross. film… Programs from 1999 to 2010. Also includes Ross guests White lotus Star Jason Isaacs in the first half of the program. TV presenter Elle Osili-Wood; journalist Mariella Frostrup;

US broadcast ratings rose 1% this year to 19.7 million in five years, including mobile, PC and tablet viewing.

Conan O’Brien hosted the show for the first time along with comedy drama aor The big winner of the night won four awards, including screenwriter editors Sean Baker and Mikey Madison’s Best Actress.