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This yearsOscarswas popular, but did Conan defy gravity?
EnoughWickedpuns for now.Below, the initial reporting andupdated figuresfor the 2025 Academy Awards ratings.
It became the most watched awards broadcast this season.
But why are millennials and Gen-Z tuning into the Oscars this year?
Is it Timothee Chalamet?
Or maybe they were excited to see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande hit the high notes?
Maybe Conan OBrien hosting had something to do with it.
Somewhere,John Lithgowis looking slightly … happy.
