E! Live from the Red Carpet: Oscars 2019 drew 1.82 million viewers Sunday and 631,000 in the key adults 18-49 demographic, both numbers growing from last year’s pre-Oscar special. The annual Academy Awards pre-show ran from 5-7:30 PM ET/2-4:30 PM PT and was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic.

Viewership was up…

The 91st Oscars are Sunday, February 24 with the ceremony beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. The network is also making the ceremony, which is famously going host-free this year, available on ABC.com and via the ABC app. ABC is available via a cable or satellite…

Ryan Seacrest will be working overtime Sunday. ABC said today that the veteran multihyphenate and American Idol host will make his first appearance on the network’s Oscars Live on the Red Carpet, joining the broadcast at 4:30 p.m. PT for its final half-hour.

That visit will happen after he and Giuliana Rancic host E!’s…

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UPDATED with response from Seacrest attorney: Suzie Hardy, Ryan Seacrest’s former E! News stylist is taking her allegations against her former boss to the police.

Hardy has filed a report with Los Angeles police, Deadline has confirmed, and the LAPD is investigating her claims. Details aren’t known.

The filing of the r…

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E! Live From The Red Carpet on Sunday ahead of the 90th Oscars drew 1.33 million viewers, a drop-off of 34% compared with last year. Its 0.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic was down almost half from the year-ago’s 0.7. The special, which had drawn extra attention ahead of Sunday with misconduct claims…

As Ryan Seacrest took to the red carpet tonight at the Oscars, observers wondered whether time would be up for the TV personality who is confronting a renewed allegation of sexual misconduct.

Speculation swirled about whether E!’s red carpet host would endure snubs after his former stylist, Suzie Hardy, went public…

EXCLUSIVE: Concerns that sexual harassment allegations against Ryan Seacrest could see things become uncomfortable or even confrontational today on E!'s pre-Oscars Live From the Red Carpet show is leading the NBCUniversal outlet to be less than live in their broadcast.

As claims by a former personal stylist of miscondu…