It is well known that acceptance speeches are often cut due to the longer-than-usual run time of the Academy Awards. In South Korea, questions arose as to whether it was appropriate for Lee to give an acceptance speech when she was not a part of "Parasite"s Best Picture nominated team, which were producers Kwak and Bong. In response, Kwak wrote in a social media post that it was arranged in advance that, in the event "Parasite" were to win Best Picture, she would give a quick speech and Lee would give one next. Kwak also wrote that Bong had a shortage of speeches after winning three categories prior. An estimated 23.6 million viewers watched the ceremony live, with a 5.3 rating among key demographic viewers. It represented a 20% decrease over the previous year's ceremony, and made it the least-watched Oscar ceremony of all time. The ceremony still eventually ranked as the most watched award show of the 2019–2020 television season, as declining viewership is a phenomenon seen across all award shows over the past few years. The 2020 Oscars is also one of the last live awards shows to have aired in the U.S. amidst the current upheaval in the general awards show calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Parasite"s Best Picture win was well received by film critics, who hailed it as a major step forward for popular appreciation of international film and for restoring the legitimacy of the Academy. "The academy gave best picture to the actual best picture", wrote Justin Chang of the "Los Angeles Times", who continued that the film awards body was "startled ... into recognizing that no country's cinema has a monopoly on greatness". Conversely, U.S. president Donald Trump lambasted "Parasite"s win at a campaign rally in Colorado on February 20, 2020, questioning why a foreign film won Best Picture; his comments were widely condemned as "xenophobic" and "racist". The North American distributor of the film, Neon, responded by tweeting: "Understandable, he can't read." The annual "In Memoriam" segment was introduced by Steven Spielberg, with Billie Eilish singing "Yesterday" accompanied by Finneas O'Connell over the sequence. The segment was reported to have omitted some notable 2019 deaths, including Luke Perry, Valentina Cortese, Sue Lyon, Carol Lynley, Tim Conway, Michael J. Pollard, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sid Haig, Carol Channing, René Auberjonois, Caroll Spinney, Bob Einstein, and Cameron Boyce, even though the Academy's website features a larger list that includes these, among other omissions during the ceremony.