The 94th Academy Awards ceremony subsequent month will characteristic a slimmed-down working time in an effort to extend viewership, organizers introduced Wednesday. After final 12 months's ceremony hit a report low variety of viewers, with solely 9.85 million folks tuning in, the awards present appears to be in a little bit of reshaping.
The Academy President David Rubin despatched an e mail stating that eight classes from the upcoming ceremony won't be introduced through the reside telecast. "We should prioritize the tv viewers to extend viewer engagement and preserve the present important, kinetic, and related," Rubin stated within the letter.
The eight classes which have been minimize from the present embody documentary brief, movie modifying, make-up and hairstyling, authentic rating, manufacturing design, animated brief, live-action brief and sound.
As an alternative of broadcasting each class, the Dolby Theatre ceremony will start an hour earlier than the telecast does. The presentation and speeches of these early, eight winners shall be edited and featured through the three-hour reside broadcast, in keeping with the Related Press.
Many in Hollywood criticized the choice. Actor Patton Oswalt tweeted: "Pricey @TheAcademy -- with the utmost respect, this can be a dumb and disrespectful transfer."
Different Twitter customers known as for the Oscars to maintain the unique format with the hashtag #PresentAll23.
The awards introduced through the reside telecast on Sunday, March 27 embody:
- Image
- Director
- Actor
- Actress
- Supporting Actor
- Supporting Actress
- Animated Characteristic Movie
- Cinematography
- Costume Design
- Documentary (Characteristic)
- Worldwide Characteristic Movie
- Unique Screenplay
- Tailored Screenplay
- Unique Tune
- Visible Results
The Academy Awards even have just lately introduced their new hosts in an effort to attract in viewers. In earlier years, the present has gone host-less however this 12 months the Academy introduced that Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Corridor shall be internet hosting.