Up in overnights... we'll see what the finals are.
Still... irrelevant to the issue of whether the show worked.
Very relevant as to whether the producers this year created, with The Academy, a sense of anticipation that has been missing in recent years.
I wish the ratings obsession and the shallow reporting on it would disappear.
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2009/02/the_oscar_ratin.html