Why Are The Academy Awards 2024 Beginning Early? Cause Behind New Timings Of Oscars Defined

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The 2024 Oscars are set to happen on Sunday on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with the printed beginning at 7 p.m. EST, an hour sooner than normal. The official pre-show begins at 6:30 p.m. EST. With the shift in time, lots of people are questioning the trigger behind it. Let's check out all the small print under. 

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Why are Oscars earlier this 12 months? 

In keeping with reviews, ABC goals to draw extra viewers by beginning the Oscars earlier. Regardless of efforts to maintain the present for three hours, it typically extends previous 11 p.m., resulting in a drop in East Coast viewership. Current Oscars telecasts have skilled a decline in viewership, with occasional fluctuations. The shift to an earlier hour is a technique to spice up rankings and maintain viewer curiosity within the ceremony.  

 

Who will host the Oscars this 12 months? 

Jimmy Kimmel returns to host the Oscars for the fourth time, having beforehand hosted in 2017, 2018, and final 12 months. Oppenheimer leads with 13 nominations, adopted by Poor Issues with 11, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 nominations.

Moreover, presenters for this 12 months’s ceremony embrace Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dangerous Bunny, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Al Pacino, Zendaya, recent from the Dune: Half Two premiere, and Rutherford native Ramy Youssef. 

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