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In a reflection of Hollywood’s ongoing decline, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the Academy Awards will depart from network TV and move to streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029.
The ceremony will continue on ABC through 2028, the 100th Anniversary of the Oscars.
Ratings for the show have been on a steady downward decline for years for reasons that seem obvious to everyone except people in Hollywood.
America stopped paying attention because people don’t want to be lectured about politics from rich liberals who live in a bubble.
Ratings for the once ‘must-watch tv’ have continued to decline in recent years, including record lows in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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But starting in 2029, YouTube will retain global rights to streaming the Oscars through 2033. YouTube will effectively be the home to all things Oscars, including red-carpet coverage, the Governors Awards and the Oscar nominations announcement.
“We are thrilled to enter into a multifaceted global partnership with YouTube to be the future home of the Oscars and our year-round Academy programming,” said academy chief executive Bill Kramer and academy president Lynette Howell Taylor.
“The Academy is an international organization, and this partnership will allow us to expand access to the work of the Academy to the largest worldwide audience possible — which will be beneficial for our Academy members and the film community.”
Over the years, the ceremony has become an opportunity for out-of-touch stars to signal their woke beliefs and attack Donald Trump and his supporters.
New diversity rules were imposed by the Oscars several years ago, which stipulate that to be eligible for the “Best Picture” award, films must meet two of four specified diversity benchmarks.
Fresh from her Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Jamie Lee Curtis ensured that woke politics were front and center by tearfully announcing that she had given her Oscar statue they/them pronouns in support of her trans daughter, Ruby.
In his speech, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-director Daniel Scheinert thanked his parents for letting him dress in drag as a child as the crowd roared their approval.
In 2024, host Jimmy Kimmel went on a Trump Derangement-fueled rant.
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