Far fewer people watched the Oscars this year

Ratings for Sunday night's Neil Patrick Harris-hosted Oscars were anything but legendary In fact, they were kind of a bummer See also: Neil Patrick Harris' best moments from the 87th Academy Awards Preliminary ratings indicate the 87th Annual Academy Awards fell 14% in total viewers, drawing 34.6 million viewers in fast national ratings. That number is expected to tick up a bit in final ratings Last year's Ellen Degeneres-hosted show garnered 40.2 million total viewers in fast national ratings a...