February 28, 2011 - 6:38pm
Unfortunately, James Franco and Anne Hathaway failed to pull big ratings during last night's 83rd annual Academy Awards. According to the first round of statistics, TV audiences for the Oscar ceremony dropped about seven percent compared to last year's broadcast hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.
The Academy's goal was to pull a younger demographic of people, but critics across the board slammed the decision to cast the two talented young actors as the evening's hosts.
Last year, 41.7 million viewers tuned into the Oscars in U.S., the largest audience for Hollywood's highly-anticipated ceremony in five years.
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