Academy Awards Ceremony was a U.S. television program shown on NBC from Thursday, March 19, 1953 to Monday, April 4, 1960. Academy Awards was watched by a total number of 32,986,800 people (53.9% rating) as of the daily audience measurement on . Academy Awards is now shown on ABC (as The Oscars).
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Academy Awards Ceremony on NBC as of Thursday, March 19, 1953.
| Academy Awards Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 1953-Mar-19 | HH | 10,912,000 | 53.9 |
| P2+ | 32,986,800 | 53.9 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | 21,670,000 | +23% |
| 2 | Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick | 15,567,000 | +19% |
| 3 | Football Night in America | 11,094,000 | +18% |
| 4 | Nightly News with Lester Holt | 5,846,000 | +2% |
| 5 | The Voice | 4,288,000 | -16% |
| 6 | Law & Order | 3,621,000 | +9% |
| 7 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 3,523,000 | +3% |
| 8 | Happy's Place | 3,475,000 | |
| 9 | B1G Saturday Night Football | 3,342,000 | +113% |
| 10 | Chicago Med | 3,299,000 | -45% |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 2,817,000 | -52% |
| 12 | Brilliant Minds | 2,627,000 | -16% |
| 13 | Today | 2,552,000 | |
| 14 | Dateline | 2,372,000 | +14% |
| 15 | Meet the Press with Kristen Welker | 2,335,000 | -2% |
| 16 | Irrational | 2,293,000 | -5% |
| 17 | Chicago PD | 2,284,000 | -52% |
| 18 | Found | 2,253,000 | +6% |
| 19 | Lopez vs. Lopez | 1,994,000 | +9% |
| 20 | B1G Saturday Night Football Post Game | 1,906,000 | +97% |