It's complicated. The Academy Awards is more than a TV show. If the only factor was producing a TV show, then what you say makes sense. But it's put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. They own the copywrite on the name and the award. So the TV producers have to work with the Academy in doing the show. Obviously the Academy wants a lot of people to watch. But they also have to contend with their members, who make up the movie industry. The members all want to be seen on TV. As a result, the TV show becomes a zebra, where a compromise took place. I'll be curious to see exactly what that compromise was. How do they fit in all the awards and keep people watching through what will probably be a five hour show? The Grammy pre-show is how the recording academy dealt with the hundreds of categories they have. Even there, the speeches are timed and must be less than a minute, including the time it takes to get to the stage. That's why I suggested eliminating that time it takes to get the winners to the stage. Maybe have the winners already on stage when the category is called. I don't know. We'll see.