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I get more of a Stepford Wives than a Handmaid's Tale vibe.

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Bob Jersey <bobj...@ptd.net>: Mar 12 07:22PM -0700

Letterman's longtime director (1995 to the end), whose life with Dave began
as a tech director back at NBC, died in an Albany hospital following a
skiing accident in Vermont. 68.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jerry-foley-dead-late-show-david-letterman-director-1235850716/
(link)
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Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com>: Mar 12 07:46AM -0700

The sex trafficking victim Britt described talked to CNN
 
 
https://youtu.be/Sw-J7b1HdiI?si=cjhEpYubvnP9Wuh8
 
PGage <pga...@gmail.com>: Mar 12 03:42AM -0700

But down 5% in the Demo.
 
ABC seems to be taking a victory lap, but I would say this is in the low
average range of expectations. After last year I thought we might see one
more year of small gains in a final post Covid correction, before a return
to steady declines based on long term trends in linear TV. That is what
happened, despite two blockbuster, pop culture defining films in the mix,
one of which dominated the wins and the other the TV presentation.
 
I thought the show itself was one of the best we have seen in recent years;
Kimmel not spectacular but steady, and most of the bits surprisingly
worked.
 
Ratings last 4 years:
 
2021: 10.4M (No Host)
 
2022: 16.6M (The Slap)
 
2023: 18.8M (Maverick/Avatar)
 
2024: 19.5M (Barbenheimer)
I’m going to get in my early prediction for 2025 ratings: 19.4M…
 
 
 
https://deadline.com/2024/03/oscar-ratings-viewership-2024-oppenheimer-1235854597/
 
 
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Doug Eastick <eas...@eastick.ca>: Mar 12 08:56AM -0400

I liked the earlier start time, as it allowed by TiVo to buffer things and
I could bloop the commercials, and still get to bed at 1030pm.
 
I liked the approach of 5-former winners introducing the nominees for the
acting categories.
 
As for Kimmel, he did alright. I honestly thought the "mean tweet" he
read was scripted, but now I'm hearing that it was real. Here's an EW
article on that. Jimmy Kimmel was told not to read Donald Trump message at
Oscars (ew.com)
<https://ew.com/oscars-jimmy-kimmel-told-not-to-read-donald-trump-social-media-post-8607213>
 
 
 
 
 
Adam Bowie <ad...@adambowie.co.uk>: Mar 12 01:58PM

I watched the Oscars for the first time in years this year, with the
carriage moving from Sky to ITV meaning that it's now free to air (Also,
ITV *stream* it live on their ITV Hub app!). Jonathan Ross hosted a
pre-show bit in a London studio with a seemingly random selection of
people, and this was pretty dire. I don't mind Ross, but they needed a film
critic in the studio with him. A reminder that because US commercial
minutage is more than we're allowed in the UK, there's nearly always some
kind of UK studio team to fill some of those minutes.
 
Generally I thought the show was decent and mostly watched it on delay,
fast-forwarding through commercials and UK-segments where possible. Kimmel
was fine, and I did wonder for a short time whether the Trump critique was
actually real or not. Of course it was real.
 
The "In Memoriam" was terrible and the names were practically illegible to
me, by now watching on a 32" set in my bedroom. Unless you were watching on
4K on a 70" set or larger you were probably in the same boat. And the list
of names appearing like a set of CGI animators on a Marvel film at the end
was disingenuous. You can never include everyone, but at least show
pictures or something.
 
While I know it went down well with many, I hate hate *hated* the five
actors saying lovely things bits for best actor and supporting actors. This
was like thickest of thick sugary treacle for me. I had to fast-forward
through them, so awful were they. Have I made clear how much I disliked
this?
 
It all finished super-late UK time, but I was invested enough by then to
check that Oppenheimer did indeed win Best Picture. And I enjoyed the
various Brits wishing their mothers Happy Mothers' Day and confusing
everyone in the US (It's timing is to do with Lent in the UK where it's
also known as Mothering Sunday).
 
 
Adam
 
PGage <pga...@gmail.com>: Mar 12 07:11AM -0700

I really did like the 5 actor intro of the nominated actors, which they
have done before. It worked best for Supporting Actress. The next time they
do it I would suggest not making it a “Welcome to the Club” kind of thing,
restricting the group to past winners, but just have it be actors with some
personal friendship or connection with the nominee they are introducing.
The whole “Awards Season” is so intense that by the Oscars the nominees
have usually gotten to know each other pretty well, so they could try
having the nominees on stage introducing one of their competitors.
 
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