The ratings drop isn't surprising to me. Frankly, even though the show is hostless now, and the show itself about half an hour shorter, unless you're really interested in films it's kinda boring. I honestly think the Oscars need to have a look at what the Video Game awards are doing. That awards show has found its feet in recent years after struggling for a while. It's more than just about the games being rewarded for that year, it's also a celebration of the games coming the following year. A great innovation they did in 2018 was introduce the nominees for Game of the Year through a score montage with a live orchestra which they continued with last year, and it looks like they are continuing from here on in, which is a great little innovation for that show. The Oscars need to find a new direction for itself, because the format has barely changed in the last couple of decades. The closest they came to reinventing itself was in 2009 when then categories were arranged in a similar order to how the film process goes. They've got to reinvent the show somehow.