List of Academy Awards ceremonies
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This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies.[1][2][3]
This list is current as of the 98th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 15, 2026.
Venues
Broadcasters
| Years | Radio | Television | Streaming | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/28 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1928/29 to 1929/30 | KNX-AM | 1928/29: One hour of the ceremony was broadcast live 1929/30: One hour of the ceremony was broadcast live | |||
| 1930/31 | KHJ-AM | CBS Radio Network (only for West Coast) | 45 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live | ||
| 1931/32 | KECA-AM | NBC Blue Network (only for West Coast) | 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live | ||
| 1932/33 to 1937 | — | — | No broadcast | ||
| 1938 | KHJ-AM | About 12 minutes of the ceremony broadcast live, Broadcast of the ceremony was shut down after 12 minutes because KHJ did not have permission to broadcast live. The radio host was whispering the names of the winners as they were announced, out of sight in the balcony. Later in the evening, at the conclusion of the ceremony, KHJ broadcast a full announcement of winners, live from the ceremony venue, as per its original agreement with the Academy. | |||
| 1939 | KNX-AM | Announcement of winners only at the conclusion of the ceremony, live from the ceremony venue. | |||
| 1940 | KECA-AM | NBC Blue Network (only for West Coast) | 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live | ||
| 1941 to 1943 | KNX-AM | 1941: NBC Blue Network (only for West Coast) 1943: CBS Radio Network (only for West Coast) |
1941: 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live. 1942: Partial broadcast. 1943: 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live. | ||
| 1944 to 1951 | ABC Radio | — | 1944: First coast-to-coast broadcast of the ceremony, First broadcast of the complete event, First ceremony in which film clips were used to introduce awards nominees. | ||
| 1952 to 1959 | NBC Radio | NBC | — | 1952: First live telecast of the ceremony | |
| 1960 to 1967 | ABC Radio | ABC | — | 1966: First color broadcast of the ceremony 1967: Final live simulcast of the ceremony on the radio | |
| 1968 to 1969 | — | — | 1969: First international telecast of the ceremony | ||
| 1970 to 1974 | NBC | — | 1971: One hour of the ceremony was broadcast live | ||
| 1975 to 1977 | ABC | — | |||
| 1978 to 1987 | KABC-TV (Pre-show) | 1978: First pre-show telecast | |||
| 1988 to 1989 | KABC-TV and MTV (Pre-show) Movietime (Red Carpet) |
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| 1990 to 1994 | KABC-TV and MTV (Pre-show) E! (Red Carpet) |
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| 1995 to 2023 | KABC-TV (Pre-show) E! (Red Carpet) |
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| 2024 to 2028 | Hulu | 2024: First live streaming telecast of the ceremony | |||
| 2029 onward | — | — | YouTube YouTube TV[4] |
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Ceremonies
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31.[5] For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[5] However, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony in 2021 was an exception to this tradition, instead honoring films that were released from January 1, 2020 to February 28, the following year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the eligibility period[7] or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.[8]
| No. | Date | Best Picture | U.S. viewers (millions) | HH Rating | Host(s) | Venue | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | May 16, 1929 | Wings | — | — | Douglas Fairbanks | The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | none |
| 2nd | April 3, 1930 | The Broadway Melody | — | — | William C. deMille | Ambassador Hotel | KNX-AM[9] |
| 3rd | November 5, 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | — | — | Conrad Nagel | KNX-AM | |
| 4th | November 10, 1931 | Cimarron | — | — | Lawrence Grant | Biltmore Hotel | KHJ-AM |
| 5th | November 18, 1932 | Grand Hotel | — | — | Lionel Barrymore Conrad Nagel | Ambassador Hotel | KECA-AM |
| 6th | March 16, 1934 | Cavalcade | — | — | Will Rogers | none | |
| 7th | February 27, 1935 | It Happened One Night | — | — | Irvin S. Cobb | Biltmore Hotel | |
| 8th | March 5, 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty | — | — | Frank Capra | ||
| 9th | March 4, 1937 | The Great Ziegfeld | — | — | George Jessel | ||
| 10th | March 10, 1938 | The Life of Emile Zola | — | — | Bob Burns | ||
| 11th | February 23, 1939 | You Can't Take It With You | — | — | Frank Capra | KHJ-AM | |
| 12th | February 29, 1940 | Gone with the Wind | — | — | Bob Hope | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) | KNX-AM |
| 13th | February 27, 1941 | Rebecca | — | — | Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl) | KECA-AM | |
| 14th | February 26, 1942 | How Green Was My Valley | — | — | KNX-AM | ||
| 15th | March 4, 1943 | Mrs. Miniver | — | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) | KNX-AM | |
| 16th | March 2, 1944 | Casablanca | — | — | Jack Benny | Grauman's Chinese Theatre | KNX-AM |
| 17th | March 15, 1945 | Going My Way | — | — | Bob Hope John Cromwell | ABC Radio | |
| 18th | March 7, 1946 | The Lost Weekend | — | — | Bob Hope James Stewart | ||
| 19th | March 13, 1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives | — | — | Jack Benny | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 20th | March 20, 1948 | Gentleman's Agreement | — | — | Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell | ||
| 21st | March 24, 1949 | Hamlet | — | — | Robert Montgomery | The Academy Theater | |
| 22nd | March 23, 1950 | All the King's Men | — | — | Paul Douglas | Pantages Theatre | |
| 23rd | March 29, 1951 | All About Eve | — | — | Fred Astaire | ||
| 24th | March 20, 1952 | An American in Paris | — | — | Danny Kaye | ||
| 25th | March 19, 1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 40 million | — | Bob Hope Conrad Nagel | Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre | NBC Radio NBC |
| 26th | March 25, 1954 | From Here to Eternity | 43 million | — | Donald O'Connor Fredric March | Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre | |
| 27th | March 30, 1955 | On the Waterfront | — | — | Bob Hope Thelma Ritter | ||
| 28th | March 21, 1956 | Marty | — | — | Jerry Lewis Claudette Colbert Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ||
| 29th | March 27, 1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | — | — | Jerry Lewis Celeste Holm | ||
| 30th | March 26, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven James Stewart Jack Lemmon Rosalind Russell Donald Duck[10] | Pantages Theatre | |
| 31st | April 6, 1959 | Gigi | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven Tony Randall Mort Sahl Laurence Olivier Jerry Lewis | ||
| 32nd | April 4, 1960 | Ben-Hur | — | — | Bob Hope | ||
| 33rd | April 17, 1961 | The Apartment | — | — | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | ABC Radio ABC | |
| 34th | April 9, 1962 | West Side Story | — | — | |||
| 35th | April 8, 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | — | — | Frank Sinatra | ||
| 36th | April 13, 1964 | Tom Jones | — | — | Jack Lemmon | ||
| 37th | April 5, 1965 | My Fair Lady | — | — | Bob Hope | ||
| 38th | April 18, 1966 | The Sound of Music | — | — | |||
| 39th | April 10, 1967 | A Man for All Seasons | — | — | |||
| 40th | April 10, 1968 | In the Heat of the Night | — | — | |||
| 41st | April 14, 1969 | Oliver! | — | — | none | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ABC |
| 42nd | April 7, 1970 | Midnight Cowboy | — | 43.40 | |||
| 43rd | April 15, 1971 | Patton | — | — | NBC | ||
| 44th | April 10, 1972 | The French Connection | — | — | Helen Hayes Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon | ||
| 45th | March 27, 1973 | The Godfather | — | — | Carol Burnett Michael Caine Charlton Heston Rock Hudson | ||
| 46th | April 2, 1974 | The Sting | — | — | John Huston Burt Reynolds David Niven Diana Ross | ||
| 47th | April 8, 1975 | The Godfather Part II | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra | ||
| 48th | March 29, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | — | — | Goldie Hawn Gene Kelly Walter Matthau George Segal Robert Shaw | ABC | |
| 49th | March 28, 1977 | Rocky | — | — | Warren Beatty Ellen Burstyn Jane Fonda Richard Pryor | ||
| 50th | April 3, 1978 | Annie Hall | 48.50 million | 36.30 | Bob Hope | ||
| 51st | April 9, 1979 | The Deer Hunter | — | — | Johnny Carson | ||
| 52nd | April 14, 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | — | — | |||
| 53rd | March 31, 1981 | Ordinary People | — | — | |||
| 54th | March 29, 1982 | Chariots of Fire | — | — | |||
| 55th | April 11, 1983 | Gandhi | — | — | Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau | ||
| 56th | April 9, 1984 | Terms of Endearment | — | 38.00 | Johnny Carson | ||
| 57th | March 25, 1985 | Amadeus | — | — | Jack Lemmon | ||
| 58th | March 24, 1986 | Out of Africa | 38.65 million | 25.71 | Alan Alda Jane Fonda Robin Williams | ||
| 59th | March 30, 1987 | Platoon | 39.72 million | 25.94 | Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Paul Hogan | ||
| 60th | April 11, 1988 | The Last Emperor | 42.04 million | 27.80 | Chevy Chase | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 61st | March 29, 1989 | Rain Man | 42.77 million | 28.41 | none | ||
| 62nd | March 26, 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy | 40.22 million | 26.42 | Billy Crystal | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 63rd | March 25, 1991 | Dances with Wolves | 42.79 million | 28.06 | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| 64th | March 30, 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | 44.41 million | 29.80 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ||
| 65th | March 29, 1993 | Unforgiven | 45.74 million | 31.20 | |||
| 66th | March 21, 1994 | Schindler's List | 46.26 million | 31.86 | Whoopi Goldberg | ||
| 67th | March 27, 1995 | Forrest Gump | 48.28 million | 32.50 | David Letterman | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 68th | March 25, 1996 | Braveheart | 44.87 million | 30.26 | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 69th | March 24, 1997 | The English Patient | 40.08 million | 27.35 | Billy Crystal | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 70th | March 23, 1998 | Titanic | 55.25 million | 34.86 | |||
| 71st | March 21, 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | 45.62 million | 28.64 | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 72nd | March 26, 2000 | American Beauty | 46.33 million | 29.20 | Billy Crystal | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 73rd | March 25, 2001 | Gladiator | 42.94 million | 26.22 | Steve Martin | ||
| 74th | March 24, 2002 | A Beautiful Mind | 41.78 million | 25.43 | Whoopi Goldberg | Kodak Theatre[a] | |
| 75th | March 23, 2003 | Chicago | 33.05 million | 20.40 | Steve Martin | ||
| 76th | February 29, 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 43.53 million | 26.03 | Billy Crystal | ||
| 77th | February 27, 2005 | Million Dollar Baby | 42.14 million | 25.43 | Chris Rock | ||
| 78th | March 5, 2006 | Crash | 38.94 million | 23.05 | Jon Stewart | ||
| 79th | February 25, 2007 | The Departed | 40.18 million | 23.62 | Ellen DeGeneres | ||
| 80th | February 24, 2008 | No Country for Old Men | 32.02 million | 18.68 | Jon Stewart | ||
| 81st | February 22, 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | 36.32 million | 20.59 | Hugh Jackman | ||
| 82nd | March 7, 2010 | The Hurt Locker | 41.71 million | 23.33 | Steve Martin Alec Baldwin | ||
| 83rd | February 27, 2011 | The King's Speech | 37.92 million | 21.25 | James Franco Anne Hathaway | ||
| 84th | February 26, 2012 | The Artist | 39.34 million | 22.58 | Billy Crystal | Hollywood and Highland Center[a] | |
| 85th | February 24, 2013 | Argo | 40.38 million | 23.08 | Seth MacFarlane | Dolby Theatre | |
| 86th | March 2, 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | 43.63 million | 24.60 | Ellen DeGeneres | ||
| 87th | February 22, 2015 | Birdman | 37.30 million | 20.65 | Neil Patrick Harris | ||
| 88th | February 28, 2016 | Spotlight | 34.43 million | 19.37 | Chris Rock | ||
| 89th | February 26, 2017 | Moonlight | 33.00 million | 18.39 | Jimmy Kimmel | ||
| 90th | March 4, 2018 | The Shape of Water | 26.62 million | 14.87 | |||
| 91st | February 24, 2019 | Green Book | 29.56 million | 16.4 | none | ||
| 92nd | February 9, 2020 | Parasite | 23.64 million | 13.59[11] | |||
| 93rd | April 25, 2021 | Nomadland | 10.40 million | 5.9 | Union Station | ||
| 94th | March 27, 2022 | CODA | 16.62 million | 9.0 | Regina Hall Amy Schumer Wanda Sykes | Dolby Theatre | |
| 95th | March 12, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 18.70 million | 9.9 | Jimmy Kimmel | ||
| 96th | March 10, 2024 | Oppenheimer | 19.50 million | 9.9 | |||
| 97th | March 2, 2025 | Anora | 19.69 million | 9.1 | Conan O'Brien | ABC Hulu | |
| 98th | March 15, 2026 | One Battle After Another | 17.86 million | ||||
| 99th | March 14, 2027 | TBA[4] | |||||
| 100th | March 5, 2028 | ||||||
Multiple ceremonies hosted
The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.
Nominated hosts
The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on the same year in which the individual was also a nominee.
| Host | Ceremony | Date | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Niven | 31st Academy Awards | April 6, 1959 | Best Actor | Separate Tables | Won |
| Michael Caine | 45th Academy Awards | March 27, 1973 | Best Actor | Sleuth | Nominated |
| Walter Matthau | 48th Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Actor | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated |
| Paul Hogan | 59th Academy Awards | March 30, 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Crocodile Dundee | Nominated |
| James Franco | 83rd Academy Awards | February 27, 2011 | Best Actor | 127 Hours | Nominated |
| Seth MacFarlane | 85th Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Original Song | Ted | Nominated |
See also
Notes
- Then name of the Dolby Theatre