Oscars announce final 2 ceremony dates on ABC before moving broadcast to YouTube
Oscars announce final 2 ceremony dates on ABC before moving broadcast to YouTube
Joey NolfiTue, April 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM UTC
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Oscar winners Jessie Buckley, Michael B. Jordan, Amy Madigan at 2026 Academy AwardsCredit: Mike Coppola/GettyKey Points -
The Academy has announced ceremony dates for the 99th and 100th Oscars.
Both telecasts mark the final time the Oscars will air on ABC until at least 2033.
YouTube secured broadcast rights for the Academy Awards, with the streaming platform set to roll out its first event in 2029.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its final two Oscars ceremony dates set to air on ABC, before the Academy Awards make a historic move from their longtime broadcast network to YouTube beginning in 2029.
Both the 99th and 100th Oscars ceremonies will be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with the 99th telecast airing on Sunday, March 14, 2027, followed by the 100th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 5, 2028. Each ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
The announcement comes months after the Academy confirmed the 100th ceremony would be the last to air on ABC for the foreseeable future, with the Oscars heading to the digital streaming platform starting with the 101st ceremony in 2029.
Oscars statuettesCredit: Richard Harbaugh/The Academy via Getty
YouTube will be the Oscars' new home for at least the next four years, with the platform securing the rights to stream the ceremony until 2033.
The move ends a 76-year tradition, with the Oscars airing on network television since the 1953 NBC telecast. ABC signed a multi-year contract to broadcast the Oscars starting in 1976.
In a similar shakeup, the Actor Awards (formerly known as the SAG Awards) made the jump from longtime broadcast partners TNT and TBS in 2023, when the show aired on Netflix's YouTube channel before moving again to Netflix's main streaming platforming starting in 2024.
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Other key dates for the 99th Oscars include a Dec. 15 shortlist announcement and a Jan. 21, 2027 nominations announcement for all of the main categories.
Hosted by returning emcee Conan O'Brien, the 2026 Oscars saw major stars like Sean Penn, Michael B. Jordan, Amy Madigan, and Jessie Buckley win acting awards, while One Battle After Another won Best Picture over Ryan Coogler's horror hit Sinners.
The 2026 ceremony also saw multiple former Rob Reiner collaborators unite on stage to pay tribute to the director and actor, who was found dead alongside his wife, Michele Reiner, in their California home in December.
2026 Oscars Rob Reiner tributeCredit: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty
The filmmaker's Stand by Me actor Corey Feldman, however, later told Entertainment Weekly that he was disappointed he wasn't included in the lineup, comparing the moment to a "family reunion I wasn't invited to."
Early likely contenders for the 2027 Oscars include Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three, Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, Alejandro González Iñárritu's Digger, and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, among others.
ABC will broadcast the 99th Oscars on Sunday, March 14, 2027, followed by the 100th Oscars on Sunday, March 5, 2028.
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