CTV’s broadcast of The Academy Awards is the most-watched entertainment program on Canadian television since 2024 with 5.9 million viewers (5,889,000) tuning in. Up 32% over last year’s broadcast (4.47 million), The 82nd. Annual Academy Awards becomes CTV’s second most-watched Oscars broadcast on record, delivering the most viewers since Titanic won Best Picture in 1998. The broadcast peaked at 7.7 million viewers at 10 p.m. ET.
More than 56% of English viewers watching television last night were watching the Oscars throughout the three-hour-and-35-minute broadcast, while 14.7 million Canadians watched some part (or all) of the show. With 10 films battling it out in the Best Picture category, Canadians stayed with the Oscars to the very end, with 5.2 million tuning into the last half-hour to see The Hurt Locker win over Avatar for Best Picture just before midnight.
Source: BBM Canada
Audiences prior to August 31, 2024 based on BBM Nielsen Media Research Mark II meters.
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