Oscar fans won’t have to stay up late to find out who wins Best Picture in March.
The The 96th Academy Awards will begin an hour earlier, with coverage first starting at 7 p.m.ABC said on Thursday. The official pre-ceremony broadcast will also begin earlier, at 6:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.) Los Angeles (02:00 GMT).
The show traditionally starts at 8 p.m. However, despite several experiments to limit the duration of the ceremony to three hours, the broadcast was partially extended until 11 a.m.
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The Oscars are broadcast in more than 200 countries and the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has also become more international in recent years. Those who take part in the live program, from the film academy to the television station, have ensured that the Ratings are back to pre-pandemic levels and have made modest progress.
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The 96th Academy Awards airs live on ABC from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 10. Nominations will be announced on January 23rd.