Black viewership of the Oscars was only slightly down; Latino audience grew by 8%

The running theme of the 88th Academy Awards was #OscarsSoWhite, but black viewership of the ABC telecast held up compared with last year.

Data from Nielsen showed that 3.22 million African Americans tuned in, just 2% under last year’s total.

African American viewers made up 9.4% of the total audience...