LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (UNA) – The Academy Awards will be hosted for the first time since 2018 and will return to its tall home at the Dolby Theatre, ABC radio said Tuesday.
While other award shows have been postponed due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, Walt Disney’s ABC said plans are still in place to hold the Academy Awards, the highest honor for films, on March 27 in Los Angeles, Reuters reported.
This year’s show will have a host, Craig Erush, president of ABC Entertainment, said at a Television Critics Association event. He did not give details. “It might be me,” he joked.
The Oscars were handed out by popular broadcasters but no host in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Broadcast TV ratings have declined in recent years, dropping to a record 10.4 million people in the United States in 2021. Viewership of the other awards shows It also fell.
Fans of British actor Tom Holland have suggested he host this year’s Oscars after the smash hit “Spider-Man: No Way Home” likely with co-star Zendaya.
Holland told The Hollywood Reporter in December that he “loved” hosting the awards. “If they ask me to, I will,” he said, “and that would be very interesting.”
ABC said in a statement that the 2022 Academy Awards will once again be staged at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Last year, the awards moved to the historic Union Station train station in downtown Los Angeles with a small crowd of nominees and guests for COVID protection.
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