Oscars Demolish ‘Walking Dead’ In Ratings
The Walking Dead was able to beat the Olympics, and Sunday Night Football but, they could not match the fury of the Oscars last night.
The 12th episode of Season 4 of AMC’s zombie apocalypse was able to bring in 12.6 million viewers at 9 PM last night. That is about 46% less than Oscars, which drew in 40.1 million viewers from 9-10 PM.
But, the head to head competition was not much a loss for The Walking Dead since, last week the series saw a 3% drop in viewers. Maybe the beginning of the end of the zombie thriller.
The 2014 Oscars drew in a 10 year high despite being received poorly by critics. According to Deadline, “the Oscars telecast was up 6% from the 40.3 million who tuned in last year, when Seth MacFarlane fronted the live ceremony for ABC.” See the graph below for an illustration of the last 10 year ratings.
