Ratings for Hostless Oscars Improve From Last Year Early figures show that the <br />91st Academy Awards recorded a 21.6 rating. It is an improvement from 2018's 18.9 score. As more numbers trickle in, analysts expect the 2019 Oscars to have garnered an audience of 30 million. 26.5 million tuned in last year, <br />an all-time low for the ceremony. With no montages either, the show was <br />35 minutes shorter than in 2018. So far, critics have praised how the show was handled with no emcee as well as the time limit on <br />acceptance speeches and <br />musical performances.
