The 67th Academy Awards was critiqued by a writer and producer.
 It was the most watched Oscars telecast since the 55th ceremony held in 1983
 Television critic Joyce Millman of The San Francisco Examiner noted, "In his first stint as host of the Oscar telecast, David Letterman did the impossiblehe made something entertaining from what is traditionally the most boring three hours of TV this side of a test pattern

