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 | 20,000,000 | -11% |
| 2 | Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick | 15,179,000 | -8% |
| 3 | Football Night in America | 11,480,000 | +10% |
| 4 | Nightly News with Lester Holt | 6,197,000 | +9% |
| 5 | The Voice | 5,878,000 | +162% |
| 6 | Decision | 5,674,000 | -44% |
| 7 | Chicago Fire | 5,654,000 | +1% |
| 8 | Chicago Med | 5,518,000 | +1% |
| 9 | Saturday Night Live | 5,390,000 | +161% |
| 10 | Chicago PD | 4,815,000 | +12% |
| 11 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 3,806,000 | +83% |
| 12 | Law & Order | 3,636,000 | +66% |
| 13 | Brilliant Minds | 3,462,000 | +96% |
| 14 | NBC News VP Debate Countdown | 3,128,000 | |
| 15 | B1G Saturday Night Football | 3,093,000 | +63% |
| 16 | Dateline | 2,802,000 | +64% |
| 17 | Today | 2,555,000 | -9% |
| 18 | Found | 2,513,000 | +94% |
| 19 | Meet the Press with Kristen Welker | 2,377,000 | -8% |
| 20 | B1G Saturday Night Football Post | 2,009,000 | +131% |