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April 26, 2021Updated 6:40 p.m. ET
LOS ANGELES In a break with tradition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to end its Oscars ceremony on Sunday with the prize for best actor instead of the one for best picture.
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The pandemic seems to have accelerated the perennial hand-wringing over the ratings for the Oscars broadcast and whether award shows are irrelevant and dying relics. The lead-up to Sunday’s ceremony brought the usual series of headlines about the enormous pressure on the academy and ABC to get audiences to tune in. (“The Oscars Are A Week Away, But How Many Will Watch?” “Oscars May Have Trouble Overcoming TV’s Awards Show Ratings Problems.” “Awards shows are struggling to draw TV audiences. Should the Oscars be worried?”). Sure, this year has been particularly precarious. Audiences are understandably fatigued from watching Zoom acceptance speeches beset by technical snafus (poor Daniel Kaluuya). And it may still feel superficial to care about a glitzy, gossipy gathering of Hollywood elites, against the backdrop of the trauma and grief of this horrific year.