In reality, what the Oscars are truly all about is the speech. For two glorious minutes, an industry engineered to make you watch them is forced to watch you instead. Winners gaze out upon a sea of their peers and closest friends as they hiss obscenities through rictus smiles.

The show was broadcast on ABC, as it has been for decades, but also streamed live on Hulu, where there were glitches.

UPDATED: Nielsen’s finalized reporting of Sunday’s Oscars telecast has brought the total from 18.1 to 19.7 million viewers. Rather than a 7% decrease from last year’s show, this indicates a 1% increase.

Anora won five Academy Awards, including best picture. Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin won best supporting actress and actor. Flow and No Other Land won best animated feature film and best documentary.

There’s a whole world of action happening in between commercial breaks, and at the lobby bar in the Dolby Theatre.

Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars. An estimated 19.7 million viewers watched Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the biggest audience in five years.

Betting on the Academy Awards has a storied history. How did sportsbooks get involved — and how many did they get right this year?

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