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Sunday nights Academy Awards drew a bigger audience than last year’s show but the show was still below years past. Viewership was up 56% from last year. The show drew…

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 27: (L-R) Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Sunday nights Academy Awards drew a bigger audience than last year's show but the show was still below years past. Viewership was up 56% from last year.

The show drew 15.36 million viewers and a 3.2 rating with adults 18-49 years old. This number does not include out-of-home viewing numbers. Those numbers will be added in on Tuesday.

Last year's show had an all-time low of 10.4 million viewers and a 2.12 rating.

As Chris Rock was presenting the nominees for Best Documentary, he began his intro by taking a few digs at the stars in the audience -- one of them being Jada Pinkett Smith and her alopecia condition. Rock said to Jada, "Can't wait to see you in the next G.I. Jane 2, can't wait to see it," and husband Will Smith laughed and clapped along with the joke. Jada, however, was not amused. So much so, that Will walked his way up on stage and slapped Chris Rock across the face. It was then that we all thought our televisions froze, but it was just Will cussing out the presenter. "Keep my wife's name out of your f---ing mouth!" Rock kept his cool and joked, "That was, uh, the greatest night in the history of television..."

See how Twitter reacted below:

How The Oscars Attendees Were Trying To Move On

Full Send

Same Energy

Don't Mess With Jada

Confusion Intensifies

Was That Real?

It Was Not A Bit

Still Confused

Currently Sweating Profusely

Everybody Hates Chris

Oop

Gagged

He Snapped

The Audience:

Zendaya Sending Updates To Tom

The Camera Man:

Slapped Him So Hard My TV Froze

A Walking L

How We Knew It Was Real

Producers And Their Ratings

Making Will The Winner Now