Trump mocks record-low Oscars ratings: 'We don’t have Stars anymore – except your President'

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March 6, 2018 4:02 PM

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to blast the record-low TV ratings for the Oscars. A number of factors played into the low ratings.

The 90th Academy Awards on Sunday was the least watched in Oscars history with only 26.5 million viewers — a 19% drop from last year's ceremony.
Trump tweeted: "Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!"
A number of factors — outside of Hollywood star power — likely played into the ratings drop, including lack of interest in nominated films and a general decrease in viewership for live events.

President Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to mock the record-low TV ratings for the Oscars.

The 90th Academy Awards on Sunday was the least watched in Oscars history with only 26.5 million viewers, representing a 19% drop from last year's ceremony.

Trump said the "problem" with the Oscars' ratings was that he was the only "star" nowadays.

Lowest rated Oscars in HIST... @ Donald J. Trump

Trump's tweets fit into a well-established pattern of him criticising Hollywood on Twitter. In January of last year, as president-elect, Trump called Meryl Streep "one of the

On the front of Oscars' ratings, a number of factors could have played into the show's drop this year.

As Business Insider's Jason Guerrasio noted on Monday, there wasn't great

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