How to Fix the Oscars (But It Won't Happen)

[Mark Jeffries]

The Ringer's Daniel Joyaux says admit that it's going to be a five-hour show and start it at 5:30 p.m. ET, the same time the Super Bowl kicks off, make the first two hours the craft awards, shorts, documentaries and international film hosted by a familiar person but not a big star (examples:  BIll Hader, Issa Rae, Jenny Slate), from 7:30 to 8:30 a half-time show from another location with the original songs (see Rhianna and Lady Gaga singing their nominated songs back-to-back!), the composers conducting the orchestra with excerpts from the nominated scores, the necrology and the only ads previews of upcoming movies while everyone at the Dolby is drinking and socializing, and a final two hours with a big star host and the big awards, with a graphic like the "Pardon the Interruption" rundown showing which awards are coming up, the lifetime achievement awards returning to the live telecast, and getting off in time, even with an overrun,  for the late local news at 11 p.m. ET:

https://www.theringer.com/oscars/2023/3/6/23626817/academy-awards-2023-how-to-fix-the-oscars-telecast-show

But as I said, it'll never happen, because the Academy be the Academy.

[Tom Wolper]

It won’t happen because it might be a hassle for ABC to take the 5:30-8 slot and it would require a large investment from ABC with no guarantee they would recoup the money.

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[Diner]

I understand the desire to move the lifetime achievement awards back to the broadcast.

However, it's my understanding that the separate Governors Awards ceremony is popular with Academy members, because it allows lifetime achievement winners to give long speeches befitting their status without having to deal with a TV-imposed 45-second time limit. At the most recent ceremony, two of the winners, directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy, spoke for 15 minutes apiece; Michael J. Fox spoke for 13 minutes; and Diane Warren spoke for 6 minutes. No way they're going to get rid of that. 

Also, it's held at a dinner which allows stars to shmooze with their fellow stars. They just love that stuff.