And the winner is… LIVE with Kelly and Michael!  The LIVE after Oscars show was the talker’s highest-rated single-day telecast since November 2011.



The episode also achieved the highest ratings for any LIVE Oscars special. LIVE with Kelly and Michael’s After Oscars Show garnered 4.9 household rating/14 share. The syndicated talk show can also boast grabbing more viewers than The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s own recording breaking post-Oscars show. 

The third annual LIVE Oscars show featured Cirque du Soleil performers, and an appearance by Best Supporting Actress winner for 12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong’o. Fashion and  entertainment celebrities Carson Kressley, Maria Menounos and Lawrence Zarian also came by to celebrate Hollywood’s biggest night.  

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