TV ratings for Sunday's Oscars rise to 18.7 million
By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES, March 13 (Reuters) - The 学院 Awards テレビ放送 on Sunday attracted 概略で 18.7 million U.S. television テレビ視聴者s to the film 産業's highest 栄誉（を受ける）s, によれば data 解放（する）d by Walt Disney Co 放送者 ABC on Monday.
The audience rose 12% from last year, when 16.7 million people tuned in, ABC said. At that show, Will Smith slapped presenter Chris 激しく揺する before winning best actor.
This year's 儀式 celebrated a 回復する in moviegoing as several of the 指名された人s, 含むing "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "最高の，を越す Gun: 無所属の政治家," were blockbuster 攻撃する，衝突するs at cinemas. Multiverse adventure "Everything Everywhere All at Once" took home best picture and 支配するd the awards.
While the Oscars audience 増加するd compared with last year, it 階級d as the third-lowest on 記録，記録的な／記録する for the 儀式. Viewership of many awards 儀式s has dropped in 最近の years as audiences have 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd 伝統的な television for streaming and social マスコミ.
ABC said Sunday's awards were the 支配する of 27.4 million interactions on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The Oscars also 階級d as the No. 1 傾向ing topic on Twitter 世界的な throughout the broadcast.
The highest-率d 学院 Awards テレビ放送 took place 25 years ago, when megahit "Titanic" swept the 栄誉（を受ける）s. More than 57 million people tuned in that year.
In 2021, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oscar ratings 攻撃する，衝突する their low point with 10.5 million テレビ視聴者s. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Lisa Richwine; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
