Directly after the Oscars, ABC aired the premiere of its eighth season of “American Idol.” Lead-in from the awards show brought the singing competition series to 5.9 million viewers.

The show was broadcast on ABC, as it has been for decades, but also streamed live on Hulu, where there were glitches.

The audience for the Oscars hit an all-time low of 10.5 million in 2021, when live awards shows were hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The telecast — which attracted nearly 30

Final figures, which will be released Tuesday, may pull the show a little closer to the 2024 tally. Despite the overall dip, though, Sunday’s Oscars posted gains among adults 18-49 and adults 18-34, hitting a post-pandemic high in the latter demographic.

Oscars brought in an impressive audience, though not as big as last year. The 97th annual Academy Awards scored 18.07 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.