Oscars 2025: ABC Sticking With Earlier Start Time for Telecast
Why mess with a good thing, right?
The 97th Oscars will be held Sunday, March 2, 2025, starting for a second straight year at the earlier hour of 7 pm EST/4 pm PST, ABC and the Academy have announced.
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The 2025 ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Viewership of this year’s Oscars grew for a third straight year, to deliver the kudocast’s largest audience since 2020. Kicking off an hour (OK, 54 minutes) earlier than usual, ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel-hosted telecast drew 19.5 million total viewers, up 4% from the 2023 ceremony. The Oscars thus reigned supreme over this winter’s other awards shows, outdrawing the Grammys telecast on CBS by 14%, the Golden Globes on CBS by 105%, and the (strikes-delayed) Emmys on Fox by 333%.
Among the key dates preceding next year’s Academy Awards, preliminary voting will run Dec. 9-13; the eligibility period ends Dec. 31; nominations voting runs Jan. 8-12; and nominees will be announced Friday, Jan. 17.
Finals voting will then be held Feb. 11-18.
A host has not yet been named for the 2025 Oscars.
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