Sunday's Oscars viewership hits four-year high on ABC

[March 12, 2024]  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sunday's Oscars telecast that honored atomic bomb drama "Oppenheimer" attracted roughly 19.5 million viewers on ABC, a four-year high, the Walt Disney-owned network said on Monday.

The audience grew slightly from last year, when 18.8 million people watched the film industry's highest honors.

"Oppenheimer," the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, won seven awards on Sunday including best picture.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Cillian Murphy, winner of the Best Actor Oscar for "Oppenheimer", joins Emma Stone, winner of the Best Actress Oscar for "Poor Things", Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner for "The Holdovers", and Robert Downey Jr., Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for "Oppenheimer", in the Oscars photo room at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

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