Overnight ratings of the ABC telecast, which didn't wrap up until midnight eastern time, indicate that the show is down 16% from last year's, averaging a 18.9 rating among households between 8 p.m. and 11 a.m. EST, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The 2017 show, which included the best-picture fiasco, earned a 22.4 overnight rating, and ultimately had 32.9 million viewers for the night. That amounts to the second-lowest viewership in Oscars history.
And the way things are looking with this year's overnight figures, the 2018 edition is flirting with being the show's all-time lowest, according to BusinessInsider.
With general audiences not interested in the favorites for best picture, and many of the major categories predetermined by Oscar pundits, the show going in didn't have much drama for the casual movie lover.
But audiences have generally been ignoring the telecast for years.
The 2017 rating was down by 4% from the Chris Rock-hosted 2016 year. The lowest rating ever for the Oscars is 2008, hosted by Jon Stewart, which was seen by 31.8 million viewers (that year "No Country for Old Men" won best picture).
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