The OSCARS will NOT be televised beginning in 2029.

[hardcorestitch]

It will be YouTube only, no more ABC coverage starting in 2029. What a terrible deal.

 

[ChrisFL]

I'm not too surprised, but I haven't watched network TV in over a decade. Anything I watch is via other online services

 

[tvguy]

Now if we can just get all those College Sports off network TV and get back to programing we care about.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Now if we can just get all those College Sports off network TV and get back to programing we care about.

ABC: (proceeds to spam nearly every Disney movie in existence)

 

[slo]

Wow….this is kinda crazy.
I used to love watching The Oscars, but not anymore. I haven’t watched in over 5 years, and it’s because I don’t want to listen to all the actors using their winning moment to ram their views down everyone’s throats. Actors doing this during The Oscars is nothing new, but I do think it’s gotten worse in recent years and I just don’t need to hear their speeches - I’m good.

 

[ronandannette]

I'm not too surprised, but I haven't watched network TV in over a decade. Anything I watch is via other online services

Same. And since I rarely see any of the movies in their first run and couldn’t care less about celebrities, the Oscars are a total non-issue to me.

 

[GAN]

Wow….this is kinda crazy.
I used to love watching The Oscars, but not anymore. I haven’t watched in over 5 years, and it’s because I don’t want to listen to all the actors using their winning moment to ram their views down everyone’s throats. Actors doing this during The Oscars is nothing new, but I do think it’s gotten worse in recent years and I just don’t need to hear their speeches - I’m good.

Exactly ....isn't that what Facebook is for?

 

[MamaMermaid]

I only keep up with the fashion but do that on Instagram. I'm sure some people are sad about this but I'm not one of them.

 

[gsdweller]

By 2029 no one will be watching the oscars anyway. Hopefully the job of 'actor' will be extinct by then.

 

[gmi3804]

By 2029 no one will be watching the oscars anyway. Hopefully the job of 'actor' will be extinct by then.

What’s wrong with actors?!

 

[gsdweller]

What’s wrong with actors?!

Nothing is wrong with them, they are just turning into resources. By 2029 they will all be CGI and all the manufactured hype around them and their lives will die off.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Nothing is wrong with them, they are just turning into resources. By 2029 they will all be CGI and all the manufactured hype around them and their lives will die off.

You can’t hug a CGI character…

unless it’s Sulley

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I don't think this is a terrible deal. I doubt it will "attract younger viewers" such as the reason that I've seen it was done in part. But what I can say is people are less and less interested in watching long drawn out award ceremonies that have failed to not only read the room but adapt. So a move to a digital streaming platform is actually more than I thought, I figured they would just stop with it entirely.

 

[MillauFr]

It will be YouTube only, no more ABC coverage starting in 2029. What a terrible deal.

They are making accessible for us who don't have access to traditional TV.

 

[MillauFr]

Now if we can just get all those College Sports off network TV and get back to programing we care about.

Agree 100%

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Probably able to reach a lot of that way really...there might be a demographic that doesn't youtube, but a lot of the younger people certainly will.

 

[ChrisFL]

Nothing is wrong with them, they are just turning into resources. By 2029 they will all be CGI and all the manufactured hype around them and their lives will die off.

so you don't appreciate the craft of acting and think computers should replace them? wow

 

[hardcorestitch]

so you don't appreciate the craft of acting and think computers should replace them? wow

Computers also can’t hold meet and greets themselves…