Because the Academy Awards ceremony started at the same time that Cooper’s Guide airs, the show simply aired a rerun instead of a new episode in order to avoid a time conflict with the much larger event.  The episode received a dismal 0.5 rating with 1.33 million viewers, though every show on Sunday night had worse ratings because of the ceremony and red carpet show.

Still, I question how a show like Cooper’s Guide, which underwhelms as it is, can survive in its time slot when it constantly has to go on hiatuses in order to avoid conflicts with special events.  The show took a break from airing new episodes for nearly a month during postseason football, and now it did the same for another week because of the Academy Awards.  It already struggles a bit without these hiatuses, but I question how it can continue to hold the interest of viewers if they are constantly made to wait extended periods of time for new content.