Maybe It's Time For the Oscars To Undergo a Revamp

What the event is doing now clearly isn't working.

The ratings are in and this year’s broadcast of the Oscar awards fell to the lowest point since 2009 with 36.6 million viewers. (In 2009, Hugh Jackman hosted and the show had 36.3 million viewers.) It seemed to have all of the right elements: great host (who doesn’t love Neil Patrick Harris?), big stars, musical numbers. Even the acceptance speeches — the point when some people (ahem… me) usually go grab another glass of wine — were good.

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