{"id":3035,"date":"2026-03-20T01:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/two-scary-numbers-hollywoods-pretending-not-to-see-the-ankler\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T01:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:10:37","slug":"two-scary-numbers-hollywoods-pretending-not-to-see-the-ankler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/two-scary-numbers-hollywoods-pretending-not-to-see-the-ankler\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Scary Numbers Hollywood\u2019s Pretending Not to See &#8211; The Ankler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theankler.com\/p\/two-scary-numbers-hollywoods-pretending?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share\" rel class=\"button primary\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><br \/><strong>The problem<\/strong><span> is, we\u2019ve only got so many 9 percents to lose.<\/span><br \/>That\u2019s the first number.<br \/><span>The Oscar ratings are in, and\u2026 rough: down 9 percent from last year\u2019s ceremony, and this with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theankler.com\/p\/layoffs-hit-wme-a24-sets-van-damme\" rel>new Nielsen methodology<\/a><span>, which has generally given annual broadcasts slight bumps in the year-to-year data. Even worse: Last year\u2019s best picture winner, <\/span><em>Anora<\/em><span>, was one of the lowest-grossing winners ever; this year, between winner <\/span><em>One Battle<\/em><span> and presumed runner-up <\/span><em>Sinners<\/em><span>, the Oscars had two relatively widely viewed frontrunners ($350 million combined in North American box office), led by real stars who were nominated.<\/span><br \/><span>Ten years ago, when <\/span><em>Spotlight<\/em><span> won best picture, 34 million people watched the Oscars. Two years ago, when <\/span><em>Oppenheimer<\/em><span> won, it was 19 million.<\/span><br \/>This year, it\u2019s 17 million.<br \/>I\u2019d like to give these last couple of years a mulligan and say it\u2019s all going to be fixed when the Academy moves its ceremony over to YouTube, where surely\u2026 the influence of the streaming world will make everything fresh and different! And if Academy leaders don\u2019t do it on their own, those Google execs will knock some heads together and make sure they do.<br \/><span>But I think it\u2019s just as likely that, being handed this august event, YouTube will want to show it\u2019s worthy of such a distinction and bend over backwards to support the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theankler.com\/p\/the-oscars-arrogance-is-the-point\" rel>most stuffy and pompous parts<\/a><span> of the ceremony. (Let every actor in the city come forward and make a speech about the meaning of acting! More writers to say, \u201cIt all starts with the words\u2026\u201d)<\/span><br \/>And as for the Academy, it\u2019ll be freed at last from the threat of low ratings. When has being freed from oversight and results ever motivated anyone to make tough choices?<br \/>It\u2019s time to decide: Is this show a fundraiser for the Academy and a PSA for its various branches, or does it exist to serve the larger industry? If the former, that is fine, but maybe we can get a few talented people together and start a show focused on promoting film.  <br \/>I hear ABC has an opening.<br \/>So 9 percent, that\u2019s one number.<br \/>The other is $79 billion.<br \/>And it might be even scarier.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theankler.com\/p\/two-scary-numbers-hollywoods-pretending?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share\" rel class=\"button primary\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxNQTFlRFhXQkx0MjhnOG5sQzdvVko5VU1zLUR0UFlOdE1vWDdRQnVBM3pBSVMwVnZQbnpXYVdvUzM1MVRFTGNveTJlY1R2LTRPemt0eDhFWUZBSWtSazhXV1ZDRFlEa1dOcHdBZ2Mxb05mVkxoZFo5Wi1WN0ttNkFVSW8zbWtMbXNxQ3FJa3h5MEt2NzB3LTdEWVk4NkhKNWp4amkwNW5RX29HWWhGMW1JWXBwbXBsWmF4Smo1RWVqUUZEVHRZNkF5RnJUTQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareThe problem is, we\u2019ve only got so many 9 percents to lose.That\u2019s the first number.The Oscar ratings are in, and\u2026 rough: down 9 percent from last year\u2019s ceremony, and this with the new Nielsen methodology, which has generally given annual broadcasts slight bumps in the year-to-year data. Even worse: Last year\u2019s best picture winner, Anora, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}