Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | |
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Awarded for | Peoples choice awards for music, film, and video games |
Sponsored by | Ken Ehrlich |
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards was a film awards ceremony, founded by
Formation and first awards
The
We wanted to have entertainers who are truly public favorites, like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone or Jean-Claude Van Damme, people who do big box office and big business in home video, but are not in the foreseeable future likely to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Subsequent awards
The second Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were held on March 6, 1996
The 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were held on March 11, 1997, at the Pantages Theatre. Over 11 million votes were cast, which made it the largest publicly voted awards presentation in history at the time.[12]
The 4th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were held on March 10, 1998, at the Pantages Theatre. Once again over 11 million votes were cast. Live performances at the awards included Boyz II Men, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey and Savage Garden.[9]
The 5th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were held on June 16, 1999
The 6th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were held on May 9, 2000[18] at the Shrine Auditorium, and for the first time presented awards for video games in addition to music and film.[19] Christina Aguilera and the Backstreet Boys both received two awards.[20]
The 7th and final Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were held on April 10, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium.[2] Approximately 4.5 million people watched the awards on television.[16] Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Joe, Mystikal, LeAnn Rimes and Ricky Martin performed live at the event.[21]
Cancellation
In November 2001, after having run for seven consecutive years, Blockbuster announced they were canceling the awards following concerns after the September 11 attacks, stating: "Due to the uncertainty of the times, we can't predict consumer response to our show, nor audience behavior—especially media viewing habits—all of which are being affected by world events."[22][23] Blockbuster stated their decision to cancel the awards was influenced by the fact that the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards had to be rescheduled twice following security concerns after the September 11 attacks, and that when they did air, their ratings were 22% lower than the previous year.[16]
Ratings
Year | Day | Air date | Network | Household rating
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18–49 rating
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Rating | Share | Rating | Share | ||||||
1995 | Tuesday | June 6 | CBS | 5.7 | 10 | — | — | 8.20 | [24] |
1996 | Wednesday | March 6 | UPN | 2.4 | 4 | — | — | 3.10 | [25] |
1997 | Tuesday | March 11 | 3.3 | 5 | — | — | 4.62 | [26][27] | |
1998 | March 10 | 3.1 | 5 | — | — | 4.63 | [28][29] | ||
1999 | Wednesday | June 16 | Fox | 6.5 | 11 | — | — | 9.67 | [30][31] |
2000 | Tuesday | June 20 | 4.3 | 8 | 2.5 | 8 | 5.89 | [32][33][34] | |
2001 | Wednesday | April 11 | 4.5 | — | 2.7 | 8 | 6.44 | [35][36][37] |
References
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- ^ a b "Blockbuster(R) and Entertainment Weekly Magazine Present the Seventh Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards(R) Airing April 11 on FOX". January 8, 2001. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013 – via PR Newswire.
- ^ "Calendar: June". Billboard. May 27, 1995. p. 87. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b "Industry Turns Out For Blockbuster Awards". Billboard. June 17, 1995. p. 64. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Mifflin, Lawrie (May 22, 1995). "More Awards Programs, More Winners, More Money". The New York Times. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Eileen (March 4, 1995). "Blockbuster Getting Into The Act With Awards Show". Billboard. p. 64. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Eileen (June 17, 1995). "Blockbuster Awards Reflect Video Industry's Legitimacy". Billboard. p. 60. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- Country Music Television. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ Blockbuster Entertainment. March 10, 1998. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2019 – via PR Newswire.
- ^ Richter, Erin (February 23, 1996). "Blockbuster Entertainment Awards -- The second annual ceremony could reward Emma Thompson and Brad Pitt". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Eileen (December 16, 1995). "Blockbuster Awards: New Time, New Channel". Billboard. p. 96. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- Blockbuster LLC. March 8, 1997. Archived from the originalon March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ "Star-Studded Excitement of Fifth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards(R) Featured at www.blockbuster.com". June 16, 1999. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2013 – via PR Newswire.
- ^ "5th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, The". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018.
- ^ "5th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Viewership Uncertainty Causes Blockbuster to Cancel Awards". Berkeley Daily Planet. Associated Press. November 24, 2001. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013.
- ^ Blockbuster Entertainment Award. April 2000. p. 96. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
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- ^ "6th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013.
- ^ "This Day in Music". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Nicks, Crow, Rimes Sign On For Blockbuster Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018.
- ^ Susman, Gary (November 22, 2001). "Blockbuster cancels awards show". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ "Blockbuster Cancels Awards Show". Billboard. 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018.
- ^ "Nielsen ratings". USA Today. June 14, 1995. p. 3D.
- ^ "Nielsen ratings". USA Today. March 13, 1996. p. 3D.
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