The current Oscars experiment that lands the 92nd Academy Awards earlier than ever in 2020 — on Sunday, February 9 — looks to be a short-lived one, at least for the near future. On Tues…
AMPAS has not yet named dates beyond 2022, but the trend is clear that the idea of an “earlier” Oscars is apparently a one-off, even before it has been tried. You can be assured ABC was closely consulted in this decision.There are several reasons for the earlier Oscars, but big sporting events are a key roadblock in making the earlier future Oscar dates work in upcoming years.
AMPAS is withholding any decisions on dates beyond then, but the sudden change, announced in September, for the 92nd Oscars threw awards-season schedules into chaos forcing several other shows such as BAFTA and film festivals such as Santa Barbara to move up their dates as well since they are largely dependent on preceding Oscar.
In 2017, AMPAS had actually announced February 23, 2020 as the date for the 92nd Oscar show, but increasingly dropping ratings for the 90th show on ABC was one reason that led the board of governors to reexamine the idea, thinking the later date following a slew of other awards events was damaging Oscar. As one Academy governor put it to me at the time, “We have” That “something” turned out to be a decision to move the 92nd show up by two weeks in the hope it would help maintain viewer interest.
What the future holds beyond 2022 — and the Academy is keeping its options open, I am told — is anyone’s guess, but everyone can now plan ahead beyond 2020 with confidence that things are returning to normal in the foreseeable future.
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