this year's finished just after midnight, they didn't need any pointless musical numbers about film critics
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Oscars ending after Midnight
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This morning, our traffic reporter made a joke about those who stayed up late to watch the Oscars causing car crashes this morning, apparently after the earlier morning hour had been relatively quiet, and crash-free. We're on central time, and no, I did not watch the Oscars. ;D
Carmine5 said:
It must've been the delayed pre-show that aired on KITV 4.2 (Me TV Hawaii) at 4PM. KITV continued the delayed telecast at 6PM until 11PM. BTW I watched the streaming online, but the telecast ended at 7PM Hawaii Standard Time. Personally, in my opinion KITV should've carried it live just they did with 2012 Emmy Awards.
The only other place in the US that airs it live is KTGM in Guam, which would be from 8AM to 3PM Monday morning and repeat it at 6:30PM to 10PM the same evening.
As for the telecast itself, it could've been better without Seth McFarlane and the awful "James Bond" tribute (saved for Shirley Bassey), but my picks Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawarence, Daniel Day-Lewis, Adele, and "Argo" did take home a statue and somehow saved what could've been a so-so program.
I'm no McFarlane fan, and I did not watch the Oscars wall-to-wall. I did surf by a few times. I caught his joke about The Oscars being like church, except there were more people praying. Gotta admit, that was funny.
only1moore said:
After having listened to Adele sing "Skyfall" and watching "Argo" I can only surmise that the Oscars have now degenerated into some sort of political or economic benefit for certain artists and pictures. Adele's singing is irritating beyond belief and "Argo" was carried by John Goodman and Alan Arkin - neither of whom was more than a secondary player. To say it was an ordinary film would be an overstatement. Afflect should have been awarded the Hugh O'brian "Wooden Face" award for complete incompetence in front of a camera (and for directing a piece of fiction which tried to bill itself as a true story).
I learned a long time ago to ignore Hollywood's fixation with patting itself on the back. This season exemplifies the reasons why.
landtuna said:
"a piece of fiction which tried to bill itself as a true story"--Please indulge us.
BD Sullivan said:
The film tried selling itself as a virtual true-to-life story of the freeing of six Americans who escaped the storming of the U.S. embassy in Teheran in 1979. In fact there are many false scenes and a whole host of events left out of the movie. So much so that it is almost total fiction. Several top diplomats from both Canada and the U.S. have come out and documented the errors as has former President Jimmie Carter.
landtuna said:
They call it literary license. Wouldn't surprise me if Cecil B. DeMille considered adding a few ordinances of his own to The Ten Commandments. Welcome to Hollywood.
jfrancispastirchak said:
I am, of course, familiar with literary license. My main complaint against 'Argo' was not that it was true-to-life but rather that it was a very ordinary movie filled with stock Hollywood situations and, in all respects, not deserving of an Oscar nomination let alone winning one.
For that matter "Lincoln" focused on only one aspect of his
presidency: his efforts to get the Thirteenth Amendment,
abolishing slavery, passed. That's important and, I suppose,
all that could be worked into a movie of reasonable length,
but the source of the movie, "Team Of Rivals" by Doris Kearns
Goodwin, is chock-full of drama about the tensions among Lincoln
and his Cabinet members (especially Edwin Stanton, William H.
Seward, and Salmon P. Chase) that there's enough there for a
movie in itself.
And while the awards show apparently was shorter than in past
years (I didn't watch it), do you know that when the Oscar ceremonies
were first broadcast on radio in the '30s, they were all finished in an
hour--and the Best Picture was the first award presented?
presidency: his efforts to get the Thirteenth Amendment,
abolishing slavery, passed. That's important and, I suppose,
all that could be worked into a movie of reasonable length,
but the source of the movie, "Team Of Rivals" by Doris Kearns
Goodwin, is chock-full of drama about the tensions among Lincoln
and his Cabinet members (especially Edwin Stanton, William H.
Seward, and Salmon P. Chase) that there's enough there for a
movie in itself.
And while the awards show apparently was shorter than in past
years (I didn't watch it), do you know that when the Oscar ceremonies
were first broadcast on radio in the '30s, they were all finished in an
hour--and the Best Picture was the first award presented?
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^Did you mean Russia Today (RT)?
True, though I enjoyed the music. A lot of time was wasted.nomadcowatbk said:
What I find fascinating is that as recently as 1972 the show actually ran under two hours (1:44). If I can be so bold as to quote myself from my blog, "The first one to top three hours was in 1957, but between 1958 and 1973 the average running time was 2:20. . . The turning point was in 1974, when the running time leapt to 3:22; it hasn't been under three hours since, and maxed out at 4:23 in 2002." Jerry Lewis, the last of six hosts in 1959, ran into a lot of trouble when that show finished early - it ran 1:50, twenty minutes early! He vamped for a few chaotic minutes before the network mercifully pulled the plug.bpatrick said:
I think the relative shortness of the old shows can be understood at least in part by the start time: 10:30pm ET until 1963, 10:00pm ET until 1980, and 9:00pm ET until the show moved to Sunday in 1999. With a 10:30 start, a two-hour show would still finish at 12:30am in the East and before midnight everywhere else.
And the fallout continues-- MSN page ran a story this morning on complaints on Michelle Obama's appearance.
Yeah, that was ridiculous.jfrancispastirchak said:
Re: Oscars ending after Midnight Eastern Time
Since it's on a Sunday (most people don't work or go to school that day), the Academy Awards' TV coverage should begin with a Red Carpet Show at 5:30 P.M. ET, the Oscar ceremony itself beginning at 7 ET, and from the end of the show until 11 EST (approximately 15 to 30 minutes) , there can be a "post Oscars show" with backstage interviews of some of the winners.
The Motion Picture Academy will have a quandary next year: February 23rd will be the final day of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Given that they will be in Sochi, Russia (where the closing ceremonies will start around 1 or 2 P.M. Eastern Time), the Academy may not do what they did in 2010, and have the Oscars take place a week or two after the Olympics end.
Although NBC traditionally broadcasts the Closing Ceremonies of an Olympics in prime-time (even if it is held hours earlier), should the 2014 Oscars be on February 23rd, look for NBC to air the Closing Ceremonies live in the afternoon with perhaps an edited version (along with highlights of the fortnight) for an hour or two in prime-time to avoid direct competition with the Oscars.
Since it's on a Sunday (most people don't work or go to school that day), the Academy Awards' TV coverage should begin with a Red Carpet Show at 5:30 P.M. ET, the Oscar ceremony itself beginning at 7 ET, and from the end of the show until 11 EST (approximately 15 to 30 minutes) , there can be a "post Oscars show" with backstage interviews of some of the winners.
The Motion Picture Academy will have a quandary next year: February 23rd will be the final day of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Given that they will be in Sochi, Russia (where the closing ceremonies will start around 1 or 2 P.M. Eastern Time), the Academy may not do what they did in 2010, and have the Oscars take place a week or two after the Olympics end.
Although NBC traditionally broadcasts the Closing Ceremonies of an Olympics in prime-time (even if it is held hours earlier), should the 2014 Oscars be on February 23rd, look for NBC to air the Closing Ceremonies live in the afternoon with perhaps an edited version (along with highlights of the fortnight) for an hour or two in prime-time to avoid direct competition with the Oscars.
Re: Oscars ending after Midnight Eastern Time
In both 2006 & 2010, they simply moved the Oscars into the first week of March, and I assume the same thing will occur next year.
Joseph_Gallant said:
In both 2006 & 2010, they simply moved the Oscars into the first week of March, and I assume the same thing will occur next year.
^^^ Reply 18
On the other hand, the Academy could appeal to the International Olympic Committee to cancel the winter Olympics.
On the other hand, the Academy could appeal to the International Olympic Committee to cancel the winter Olympics.
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