Canadian overnight ratings for the Academy Awards on CTV on Sunday night at 6.1 million average viewers matched last year’s audience.

The 2013 Oscar telecast peaked at around 7.2 million viewers when Christopher Plummer handed Anne Hathaway her best supporting actress trophy (pictured), according to BBM Canada data.

That again virtually matched with peak viewing last year at 7.03 million viewers when Christopher Plummer accepted his first Oscar for best supporting actor.

The Academy Award ratings were down on the 6.6 million Canadians that tuned into Super Bowl XLVII on CTV.

And this year’s Oscar viewership was under the 6.6 million record Canadian average audience for the 1998 Academy Awards.

Photo credit: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. via The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences