{"id":235080,"date":"2021-04-24T17:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T17:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:22:36","slug":"how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#How the Academy could revive awards shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2efaf90d8b5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2efaf90d8b5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/#Cast_a_star\" >Cast a star<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/#Access_is_key\" >Access is key\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/#Embrace_the_old\" >Embrace the old<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/#Cut_the_length\" >Cut the length<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-academy-could-revive-awards-shows\/#Stay_apolitical\" >Stay apolitical<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How the Academy could revive awards shows<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Academy is sweating bullets. The 2021 Oscars will air Sunday after a string of ratings failures from other award shows. The Golden Globes in February were watched by a dismal 6.9 million people, down from 18.4 million in 2020. Last month\u2019s Grammys were dealt a similar blow: 7.89 million viewers \u2014 less than half of what they were last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Oscars, too, will inevitably fall short of its 23.6 million audience in 2020, which already represented a steep drop in viewership. When the ratings are released Monday morning, it will be a disaster. An existential crisis for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>. Adieu, Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t light the funeral pyres just yet! Some of the fallout is simply due to pandemic screen fatigue, and even film buffs don\u2019t seem to care much about this year\u2019s crop of nominated films \u2014 otherwise streaming services would certainly be boasting about their numbers. Still, you can\u2019t help but feel like we\u2019ve reached the end of an era, when all of America would sit down on Sunday night and watch a sunglasses-clad Jack Nicholson laugh from the Dolby Theatre\u2019s front row.<\/p>\n<p>We have. But, as T.S. Eliot said, \u201cthe end is just the beginning.\u201d Plenty of old-school cultural touchstones have been at death\u2019s door before reinventing themselves and coming out swinging. Here are some successful, tested strategies that could help the Oscars survive another day.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cast_a_star\"><\/span>Cast a star<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Broadway often has woeful seasons as it awaits a new hit. One tried-and-true tactic it uses to stay relevant is star casting. The person, not the show itself, becomes the event.  For instance, Bette Midler returned to stage musicals for the first time in decades when she played the title role in \u201cHello, Dolly!\u201d in 2017. In a 50-year-old show, the actress commanded a nearly $1,000 top ticket. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Bette Midler in Hello Dolly\" class=\"wp-image-12724404 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/summer_bette1a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/summer_bette1a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/summer_bette1a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/summer_bette1a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/summer_bette1a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wow, wow, wow, fellas!  Bette Midler drew huge crowds when she played the title role in \u201cHello, Dolly!\u201d on Broadway.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Julieta Cervantes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Oscars need to follow this pattern with their hosts. The network should no longer promote its late-night shows (sorry Jimmy Kimmel), or fall back on old reliables (Billy Crystal, Chris Rock) and harebrained stunts (James Franco and Anne Hathaway). And the no-host format is practically waving the white flag of surrender. <\/p>\n<p>Pick a host that audiences will tune in to see whether they care about the nominated movies or not. Beg the reclusive and hilarious Dave Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>elle to do it. Or hire Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Access_is_key\"><\/span>Access is key\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Just like Americans are ditching cars, consumers are cutting the cord and turning to streaming for their TV needs. The Oscars have not adapted to this reality.<\/p>\n<p>The ABC show desperately needs to focus on accessibility. Every year, most publications write a story along the lines of \u201cHere\u2019s how to watch the Oscars tonight.\u201d That\u2019s because it\u2019s more complex than you think. To watch the broadcast on the website or the ABC app, you need to plug in your cable password \u2014 or pay to watch it via pricey <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> TV or Hulu + Live TV subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>If I were the Oscars producers, I would be courting a popular streaming service \u2014 Netflix, Hulu, Amazon \u2014 for broadcasting rights, just like the NFL recently did with the Amazon. Netflix currently has 208 million subscribers worldwide. Imagine if just 20 percent watched the Oscars.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Embrace_the_old\"><\/span>Embrace the old<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You might listen to most of your music on your phone these days, but you can still buy brand-new records. Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cEvermore\u201d is available as an LP right this very moment \u2014 and people (most likely younger than 60) are buying it.\u00a0Popular music embracing a retro format offers a good lesson that sometimes the key to sticking around is playing to a devoted fanbase \u2014 music-lovers in this case \u2014 rather than trying to please everybody. With its relentless emphasis on the new, the show forgets that, contrary to popular logic, many young people actually enjoy the quality of old things.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Olivia de Havilland introduced a stunning tribute to past Oscar winners in 2003.\" class=\"wp-image-18043809 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/olivia-de-havilland.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/olivia-de-havilland.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/olivia-de-havilland.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/olivia-de-havilland.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/olivia-de-havilland.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Olivia de Havilland introduced a stunning tribute to past Oscar winners in 2003.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2003, Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland introduced a special celebration for the 75th anniversary of the ceremony: 58 legendary past Oscar winners sat in rows onstage, and their names were called, one by one. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TyOYokyiCF8\">Watch it, if you haven\u2019t<\/a> \u2014 the list is amazing. Seeing Julie Andrews, Sean Connery and Rita Moreno sharing the stage with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Meryl Streep was an inspiring, nostalgic, gimmick-free moment of magic. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia de Havilland presenting the 75th Past Oscar Winner Reunion\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TyOYokyiCF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One YouTube commenter said: \u201cI would like to see the Oscars do this again sometime soon,\u201d which was liked by 843 people. The Oscars should embrace the past more, not just the new and the hot.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cut_the_length\"><\/span>Cut the length<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Oscars were 3.5 hours long. In that same time frame, a person could fly from JFK to Cancun, and be much happier at their end destination. Late-night TV, a bedraggled format if there ever was one, realized the power of brevity years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the aughts, many Americans, for better or worse, got their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> from \u201cThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u201d \u2014 a program that was a brisk 30 minutes. In 2019, veteran host Conan O\u2019Brien decided to reduce his program to 30 minutes, too. It\u2019s just enough time to give us a few laughs and an interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"&quot;The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,&quot; unlike most late-night TV, is just a half hour.\" class=\"wp-image-18044021 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/trevor-noah.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/trevor-noah.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/trevor-noah.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/trevor-noah.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/trevor-noah.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah,\u201d unlike most late-night TV, is just a half hour.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Comedy Central<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The usual suspects will be angry at me, but moving some technical categories \u2014 editing, sound, cinematography \u2014  off the broadcast, or to a different ceremony altogether, could get the evening down to a more humane 2.5 hours. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stay_apolitical\"><\/span>Stay apolitical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Have you ever heard anybody say, \u201cI hate Dolly Parton\u201d? I\u2019d wager not. The busty blond country singer has been, for decades, one of the few things Americans can agree on.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond her immense talent, charm and good humor, there\u2019s a big reason for this: She never jumps into the political fray.  <\/p>\n<p>But most celebrities simply cannot fathom that audiences don\u2019t want to hear their opinions \u2014 We are famous! We are the anointed ones! Bow down to your Hollywood gods! \u2014 and so, Robert De Niro keeps spewing his oft-crude beliefs on the year\u2019s most trivial night. <\/p>\n<p>Viewers hate this. The Oscars\u2019 producers can\u2019t do much about it (in my dreams, they would give fines), but stars need to hear this: Every time you rant and rave about the White House, or the Senate, or the war, somebody is turning off the Oscars who will never turn them on again.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The 2021 Oscars will air Sunday after a string of ratings failures from other award shows. The Golden Globes in February were watched by a dismal 6.9 million people, down from 18.4 million in 2020. Last month\u2019s Grammys were dealt a similar blow:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/23E.BUILDOSCAR_web.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[103327,95638,17798,72440,30472,25023,29600],"class_list":["post-235080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-24-21","tag-awards-season-2021","tag-bette-midler","tag-dolly-parton","tag-olivia-de-havilland","tag-oscars","tag-oscars-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}