Oscars to air all 23 classes subsequent yr

Hooray for Hollywood! This week, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced they’ll reinstate eight classes that had been discarded from final yr’s Academy Awards telecast.

In an announcement, Invoice Kramer, CEO of AMPAS, stated, “I can affirm that each one classes can be included within the stay telecast…We’re dedicated to having a present that celebrates the artisans, the humanities and sciences and the collaborative nature of moviemaking. That is very a lot what the mission of the Academy is, and I’m very hopeful that we will do a present that celebrates all parts of moviemaking in an entertaining and interesting means.”

The Oscars had 24 classes for numerous years, till they mixed the Greatest Sound Modifying and Greatest Sound Mixing awards for the 93rd Academy Awards (the winner, fittingly, was Sound of Metallic).

Final yr, eight–or over a 3rd of the–classes–together with Greatest Authentic Rating, Greatest Movie Modifying and all three brief movies, had been nixed from the telecast. This transfer was partly supposed to bump viewership and shorten the present. Nonetheless, the 94th Academy Awards ended up working 3 hours and 40 minutes. That’s comfy in comparison with 2002’s record-setting 4 hours and 23 minutes, however nonetheless reveals the Academy missed the mark. It additionally demonstrated a disregard for the artistry that goes into these classes, regardless that their speeches had been offered all through the present.

So far as viewership goes, that ceremony was one of many least-watched in historical past. There was a spike at one level within the present, however we will’t think about why…

The Academy Awards will air on ABC on March 12, 2023. Jimmy Kimmel will return as host for the third time.

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