In 2004, The Golden Globes had its highest rating ever, 26.8 million viewers. The Academy had 43.5 million. It was actually an improvement on the year before, when the difference between the 2 shows was just 12.9 million viewers. But the AMPAS paranoia really started kicking in.
That is when we would discuss the chicken and the egg. Moving forward, only…
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