Odd Oscars

The Friday File: Viewership of the Oscars peaked in 1998 at 55 million. It then held steady at 40 million through 2015, then collapsed, bottoming at 10 million last year and recovering to 16.6 million last week. But the real decline is even worse. US population has risen from 275 million in 1998 to 333 million today. In 1998, 20% watched the show, this year, despite The Slap, just 5%.