By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --It may be little consolation for the movie academy, but a more complete count by the Nielsen company pushed the Academy Awards audience to 10.4 million viewers on Tuesday.
A day earlier, Nielsen's preliminary estimate had Sunday's show at 9.85 million viewers. Either way, it's a record low for an event that not too long ago routinely reached more than 30 million people.
The Oscars were enough to give ABC a victory in the primetime ratings with an average of 4.1 million viewers last week. CBS had 3.8 million, NBC had 3.5 million, Fox had 2.7 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.03 million, Ion Television had 970,000 and the CW had 530,000.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks with an average of 2.23 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.45 million, HGTV had 1.29 million, TNT had 1.15 million and ESPN had 1.1 million.
ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news race by averaging 8.1 million viewers last week. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.5 million viewers and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.9 million.
For the week of April 19-25, the 20 most-watched programs in primetime, their networks and viewerships:
1. "The Oscars," ABC, 10.4 million.
2. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.19 million.
3. "Chicago Med," NBC, 7.15 million.
4. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 7.01 million.
5. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 6.93 million.
6. "The Voice," NBC, 6.42 million.
7. "NCIS," CBS, 6.36 million.
8. "911," Fox, 6.25 million.
9. "Chicago PD," NBC, 5.89 million.
10. "FBI," CBS, 5.71 million.
11. "911: Lone Star," Fox, 5.49 million.
12. "United States of Al," CBS, 5.37 million.
13. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 5.11 million.
14. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 5.08 million.
15. "Mom," CBS, 5.04 million.
16. "Bob Hearts Abishola," CBS, 4.93 million.
17. "Oscars: Into the Spotlight," ABC, 4.84 million.
18. "Gray's Anatomy," ABC, 4.81 million.
19. "Bull," CBS, 4.69 million.
20. "Situation Room: Chauvin Verdict," CNN, 4.69 million.
Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton among hosts for “SNL” season 50
Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart will kick off the landmark 50th season of "Saturday Night Live."
NBC on Thursday announced the lineup of hosts for the season, which premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the first show will be Jelly Roll as the musical act. He was also at the Emmys, singing during the ceremony's in memoriam segment.
It will be Smart's first time hosting "SNL."
Comedian Nate Bargatze will host on Oct. 5, with Coldplay as the musical guest.
Ariana Grande will host Oct. 12, with musical guest Stevie Nicks.
"Beetlejuice" star Michael Keaton will host on Oct. 19, the last show before Halloween, and Billie Eilish will be that night's musical guest.
The host on Nov. 2 will be "SNL" alum John Mulaney, with breakout sensation Chappell Roan as the music guest.
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