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  1. Josh Steinberg

    Is anyone else NOT watching the Oscars tonight?

    That kind of teasing is very annoying to me as well. It doesn't even make sense to me to keep the weather forecast a big mystery until 11pm - anyone who gets scared by the tease can easily check the weather forecast on their computers or phones and get those answers instantly. So to my mind...
  2. Josh Steinberg

    Is anyone else NOT watching the Oscars tonight?

    I get all of that, but at the same time -- you mentioned the example of a ballgame running late. There are 162 baseball games in a regular season, all of which can potentially run late. There are 16 games in a football season, all of which can potentially run late. There are 82 games in a...
  3. Josh Steinberg

    Is anyone else NOT watching the Oscars tonight?

    Yeah.. the producers of the show always complain that it runs too long, but they keep doing things like live skits with Jimmy Kimmel in a movie theater showing a movie that hasn't even been released yet, and montages of previous award winners, which seem to go on far longer than the extra 30...
  4. Josh Steinberg

    Is anyone else NOT watching the Oscars tonight?

    I agree that those are generally the best thank yous, but I think you need to allow the recipients to speak in order to have the chance of those moments happening. I also really object to the practice of cutting off multiple winners - although I disagree with the practice of cutting off any of...
  5. Josh Steinberg

    Is anyone else NOT watching the Oscars tonight?

    I think there are two things going on. One is audience fragmentation - with more choices than ever for what to watch, these telecasts will never get the numbers they got in the pre-streaming, pre-DVR days, nevermind the "only three networks and PBS" days. And the other is that the Academy...
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