My favorite Ricky Gervais quote:
Posted on 12/17/2025 8:20:07 PM PST by Red Badger
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.
AP reports:
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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I haven’t watched them in many years.
Must watch TV? Ha. I ain’t seen their trashy movies in years either. I watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence earlier and now it is Red River. A John Wayne doubleheader.
Maybe they should put the swim suit competition back into the rotation. Oh, wait, that’s a different one.
I love to see a bunch of self-serving megalomaniacs pat themselves on their backs in a circle. It means less then nothing to me. I’d rather watch paint dry.
Unless Ricky Gervais is hosting, I’ll pass.
Looks like what happened to the Miss America Pageant is happening to the Oscars. From must see TV to I didn’t even know it was on.
I last watched them in 1998.
And off into oblivion it goes.....
My favorite Ricky Gervais quote:
Ascent. It's ascent. Moving from Network TV to Youtube is a big step up.
It portends evern bigger things. With a little work and hustle they will be
on TikTok in no time at all.
I believe the last one I watched was in 2009 when The Hurt Locker won. I remember Kathleen Bigelow was seated in front of her ex-husband James Cameron whose Avatar movie had also been nominated. He leaned forward and congratulated her for the win.
Watch the ratings drop further with the move to Youtube.
For what its worth, I only watched bits and pieces over the last ten years. I used to watch more before that.
It’s hard to see how this grows the audience. Some people might watch it if it’s available on channels they already get, such as broadcast TV. But they may not even think to watch it if they have to search for it on a subscription service, and then sign up for that subscription service to watch it.
The last time I watched the Academy Awards on TV was when John Wayne won for “True Grit.”
” to I didn’t even know it was on.”
in a couple of years it WON’T be on!
Waiting until 2029?
I’d watch re-runs of even obscure old sitcoms over that drivel.
Same thing happened to Miss America and the Indy 500, though that was always a radio event for me, as never went to theater to watch on closed circuit in the heyday.
I wouldn’t think about if something was on a subscription service. I am not gong to pay for a service just to only watch one show.
I like to look at a tv guide to see whats on or just hit the next channel button on the remote. I have an antenna hooked to the television. I also use some free websites like Pluto.
Next stop; AOL?
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