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"The 86th Academy Awards were the most-watched Oscars in ten years, according to preliminary ratings for Sunday (March 2).  Live coverage of the Oscars ceremony on ABC scored 12.9 in the 18-49 demographic, and pulled in 43 million viewers between 8.30pm and 11.41pm.   The preliminary figures suggest that it will become the most-watched telecast since the last ever episode of Friends on May 6, 2004. However, the increase in viewers did not come from the targeted 18-49 demographic, which dropped one tenth on last year&amp;#039;s 13.0.   Earlier in the evening, the final 30 minutes of the Oscars Red Carpet Live! scored 9.1 (33.3m) between 8pm and 8.30pm.  The other networks opted for an evening of repeat programming because of the awards show, except for a new episode of The Amazing Race on CBS. The episode scored 1.5 (6.04m) at 8pm. The Oscars aired live, and ran over until 11:41pm. They will be subject to more than typical adjustment in the final ratings. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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