Grammys can celebrate hitting flat ratings note, as tune-in for the music awards improved slightly after 2018 drop
Since then, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (which presents the Oscars) and ABC have experienced a semi-public panic attack over how to arrest that decline, resulting in the mystery leading up to this year’s host-free telecast.
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The Recording Academy has faced similar pressures, if not quite as ostentatiously, before delivering a mostly entertaining show — with an expanded list of nominees in key categories — emceed by Alicia Keys, after two years of CBS latenight host James Corden.
Notably, some of the proposed “fixes” for Oscar ratings didn’t seem to be a major issue for the Grammys. For starters, ABC has been eager to trim the broadcast’s length, holding it close to three hours.
