Several of the Oscars 23 categories will not be presented on the air during this year’s 94th Oscars, and will instead be awarded during off-air parts of the March 27 telecast, Variety has confirmed.
The eight categories that will be handed out earlier in the ceremony are: documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound. The ceremony will start one hour before the on-camera portion begins.
With a focus on increasing ratings following last year’s ceremony that brought the lowest in the history of the ceremony, the Academy made the decision after a similar plan in 2019 caused an outcry and was later abandoned.
In a letter that went out to Academy members and nominees from Academy President David Rubin, it states in part: “We have carefully listened to suggestions from our network partner, the industry and all those who love...
The eight categories that will be handed out earlier in the ceremony are: documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound. The ceremony will start one hour before the on-camera portion begins.
With a focus on increasing ratings following last year’s ceremony that brought the lowest in the history of the ceremony, the Academy made the decision after a similar plan in 2019 caused an outcry and was later abandoned.
In a letter that went out to Academy members and nominees from Academy President David Rubin, it states in part: “We have carefully listened to suggestions from our network partner, the industry and all those who love...
- 2/22/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Will Packer has been named Producer of the 94th Annual Academy Awards, set for March 27.
This will be the first Oscar show to be produced by Packer, a prolific producer of numerous films and TV projects including Straight Outta Compton, Ride Along, Girls Trip, the Think Like a Man films and the television remake of Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination. But his credits do not include a lot of live TV projects, so taking on the Oscars will be a relatively new experience. His wide-ranging credits in comedy give hope that he also will be creating a fun Academy Awards.
The Academy clearly is looking for fresh ideas and new directions after the pandemic-affected, critically derided and record-low-rated 2021 telecast produced by the trio of Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins. Of course the ratings collapse of that show, which was delayed to April 25, was not entirely...
This will be the first Oscar show to be produced by Packer, a prolific producer of numerous films and TV projects including Straight Outta Compton, Ride Along, Girls Trip, the Think Like a Man films and the television remake of Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination. But his credits do not include a lot of live TV projects, so taking on the Oscars will be a relatively new experience. His wide-ranging credits in comedy give hope that he also will be creating a fun Academy Awards.
The Academy clearly is looking for fresh ideas and new directions after the pandemic-affected, critically derided and record-low-rated 2021 telecast produced by the trio of Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins. Of course the ratings collapse of that show, which was delayed to April 25, was not entirely...
- 10/5/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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