Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars

The Wall Street Journal analyzed the
average minutes spent across the 2014–
2018 telecasts as follows: 14 on song
performances; 25 on the hosts'
speeches; 38 on prerecorded clips; and
78 on the awards themselves, broken
into 24 on the introduction and
announcement, 24 on winners walking to

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the stage, and 30 on their acceptance
speeches.
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Although still dominant in ratings, the
viewership of the Academy Awards has
steadily dropped; the 88th Academy
Awards were the lowest-rated in the past
eight years (although with increases in
male and 18–49 viewership), while the
show itself also faced mixed reception.
Following the show, Variety reported that
ABC was, in negotiating an extension to
its contract to broadcast the Oscars,
seeking to have more creative control
over the broadcast itself. Currently and
nominally, AMPAS is responsible for
most aspects of the telecast, including

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the choice of production staff and
hosting, although ABC is allowed to have
some input on their decisions.
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 In
August 2016, AMPAS extended its
contract with ABC through 2028: the
contract neither contains any notable
changes nor gives ABC any further
creative control over the telecast.
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