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The network said that after total viewership on Hulu was included in the count, the show attracted 19.7 million people, up from 19.5 million last year.

On Monday, ABC said that the Oscars audience declined by about 8 percent this year compared with last year, citing Nielsen data. Well, it turns out the awards show did not suffer from an audience decline after all, the network said on Tuesday.

The Academy Awards attracted 19.7 million viewers, strong enough to eclipse last year’s total of 19.5 million, ABC said, citing final data from Nielsen. That new number means that the Oscars has increased viewership for four straight years.

And there might be a simple explanation for the next-day change: The Oscars streamed live on Hulu for the first time.

The revised ratings figures issued by ABC on Tuesday cited Nielsen data that an additional 1.6 million viewers on the streaming service were not counted in

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