The people who run the Academy Awards are considering their options in an attempt to improve declining ratings:
A brand-new Oscar category, a shorter ceremony, and another grab for TV ratings: could this be the end of the Oscars as we know it? https://t.co/DlVqSUSdr3
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 10, 2018
Change is coming to the #Oscars. Here's what you need to know:
– A new category is being designed around achievement in popular film.
– We've set an earlier airdate for 2020: mark your calendars for February 9.
– We're planning a more globally accessible, three-hour telecast. pic.twitter.com/oKTwjV1Qv9— The Academy (@TheAcademy) August 8, 2018
Charlie Daniels had a simple suggestion that will probably fall on deaf Hollywood Resistance ears in the era of Trump:
Its funny, the Governors board of the Academy of Motion Pictures is floundering around trying to figure out why their Oscar ratings were so terrible last year and what do do about it this year.
Suggestion- make it an awards show again, not a boring predictable political rally.— Charlie Daniels (@CharlieDaniels) August 9, 2018
This year’s Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, was a festival of Trump, Pence & Republican-bashing.
The Annual Democratic National Convention Awards Show…..or The Oscars for short.
— PardonMyFrench (@1PardonMyFrench) August 9, 2018
I haven’t watched in years, and what I’ve read about them the day after always confirms I made the right decision.
— Jim Clements (@ksartistjim) August 9, 2018
Maybe Hollywood will come to realize that insulting a large chunk of their potential audience isn’t necessarily a good idea. Just kidding!
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