UPDATE 1-Viewership of Oscars telecast drops 16 percent to 36.6 million
February 23, 2015 at 15:22 PM EST
LOS ANGELES, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Sunday's Academy Awards telecast on the ABC network drew 16 percent fewer viewers than last year, Nielsen figures showed, in what could be due to what critics deemed a long, lackluster show and narrow box office appeal among most of the top nominees.
