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“Billboard Music Awards” moved to November 2023. “American Music Awards” moved to 2024. Both in search of new platforms…

I found these comments in the article from the OP interesting. Note that DCP stands for "Dick Clark Productions" which produces both the Billboard Music Awards and the American Music Awards, and DCP created the AMAs for ABC nearly 50 years ago:

“We have offers from both networks and streamers,” a spokesperson for DCP said in a statement.
Aside from the marque Grammy Awards, the AMAs has been a reliable top ratings performer though networks have been rethinking their commitment to awards show amid declining linear viewing.
NBC opted not to continue with the Billboard Music Awards as it focuses on growing its own People’s Choice Awards franchise, which recently announced a music offshoot, the People’s Choice Country Awards, which will debut in September.
CBS similarly dropped the ACM Awards in 2021 to focus on the company-owned CMT Music Awards, while DCP-produced ACM Awards moved to Prime Video. SAG Awards is now on Netflix after a long run on TNT/TBS, while the Indie Spirits Awards streamed online this year without a network.
DCP is figuring out 2023 homes for the Billboard Music Awards, the Golden Globes — and now the AMAs.
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It appears their choices are to renew their contract with ABC, find another network, or stream the shows. I'm guessing the audience for all 3 programs probably skews younger, so it's not like older folks will miss out if they're not on network TV and those people are unable to stream or don't have the equipment to do so.
 
It's an interesting situation. DCP is in a bit of a transition, as Dick's son RAC has left the company. He took over production of the Academy of Country Music Awards after his dad died. They lost their TV network last year when CBS replaced the ACMs with the CMT Awards. That show moved from June in Nashville to April in Texas. The ACMs moved to May and signed a distribution deal with Amazon Prime rather than seek a new network. Of course the real question is how much audience is there for all these awards shows?
 
TheBigA said:
Of course the real question is how much audience is there for all these awards shows?
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There are too many of them. The country music format is probably the worst with the same small universe of artists handing out awards to each other multiple times per year. How many times do you need to congratulate yourselves? Same with Hollywood, although the Oscars still fascinate people.

To answer your question I think the audience has been declining for all of those shows -- someone here should have the stats. I see most of them as a throwback to the era when TV choices were far more limited than they are today and awards shows won the night on network TV by default. Today, people can easily binge whatever they want instead of being bored with a vanity show.
 
Theater of My Mind said:
I think the audience has been declining for all of those shows
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Not recently. The Grammy Awards did very well. The Academy Awards had their best year in a while. But the big factor that really matters now is that these events drive social media. That's where all the action is, not real time viewing. So now that they've figured out how to monetize these events beyond broadcast, they're back in vogue. That's why putting the ACMs on Amazon makes sense. The world doesn't revolve around broadcasting anymore. So the battle is over brand awareness and booking big stars.
 
TheBigA said:
Not recently. The Grammy Awards did very well. The Academy Awards had their best year in a while.
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You still have a lot of people who find that the movies the "industry insiders" like are repugnant to the average person who goes to movies to relax, escape, have fun, get a thrill or a scare or whatever.

My wife, who was a secondary role co-star in 5 Mario Alamada Mexican movies tells me that the only useful thing about the Oscars is to find out all the movies she knows she will not enjoy. This comes after a year when Blockbuster still existed that we got all the award-winning shows and did not find one we enjoyed.
 
DavidEduardo said:
You still have a lot of people who find that the movies the "industry insiders" like are repugnant to the average person who goes to movies to relax, escape, have fun, get a thrill or a scare or whatever.
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Sometimes it's not about the movies at all. People are still talking about Will Smith's slap one year later. There were similar things this year. One group attacked Jimmy Kimmel, another group loved him. So it becomes about hating the personalities, or picking up small details about one of the celebrities. You don't have to see the movies to play this game. All of this drives social media, and that's what matters at the end of the day.
 
In 1973 ABC lost its long-term contract to air the Grammys So Dick Clark and the network just decided to make up a rival award show
 
nickp said:
In 1973 ABC lost its long-term contract to air the Grammys So Dick Clark and the network just decided to make up a rival award show
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Fast forward to 2023, except the AMAs long time deal with ABC has come to an end (for the time being). One has to wonder if both Billboard and AMA should combine the awards since they overlap and both are owned by Penske.
 
I used to watch the Grammys and AMAs. Later it got to where I recorded them and watched only the portions and atrists I ;iled. Now I just look at the Grammys website for the awards I'm interested in, and don't have any interest in the AMAs at all. I also lust look now online for the list of winners on the Oscars and Emmys that I'm interested in.
 
nickp said:
In 1973 ABC lost its long-term contract to air the Grammys So Dick Clark and the network just decided to make up a rival award show
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At the time (although they probably receive similar criticism today) the Grammys were viewed by many as out of touch with current music, most Grammy nominees and awards went to MOR pop artists and Andy Williams was still hosting the show, so the AMAs were supposed to be more current and hip
 
Larry said:
At the time (although they probably receive similar criticism today) the Grammys were viewed by many as out of touch with current music, most Grammy nominees and awards went to MOR pop artists and Andy Williams was still hosting the show, so the AMAs were supposed to be more current and hip
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I don't look at the Grammys that way. For years the Grammys were about more "respectable" music.

Now it's one long concert where a few awards are given out. Still, a lot of nominees and even winners are actually better quality, or at least what seems like quality to me.
 
The same thing it does in "M"TV? Nothing! :eek:
 
Don CT said:
How long has ABC had the Academy Awards.
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The Oscars were first televised in 1953 by NBC, which continued to broadcast the event until 1960, when ABC took over, televising the festivities (including the first color broadcast of the event in 1966) through 1970. NBC regained the rights for five years (1971–75), then ABC resumed broadcast duties in 1976 and its current contract with the Academy runs through 2028.
 
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