On the March 28, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the 94th Academy Awards.
Opening Banter: Ryan has covid. How is he doing?
In The News:
- Ryan provides a brief weekly box office update
In Our Feature Presentation: Lets talk about the 94th Academy Awards.
- The Complete List Of 2022 Oscar Winners
- Brief thoughts
- Viewership is up
- Nielsen fast nationals issued by ABC, Sunday night’s telecast drew 15.4 million total viewers, up 56 percent from last year’s early count; in the demo, the show up 68 percent, reporting a 3.2 rating thus far.
- The 2021 Oscars drew 10.4 million along with a 2.1 demo rating, which both were record lows.
- Pre-recording categories
- The hosts
- Who was the big winner of the night?
- Dune won a lot of awards: Best Sound, Score, Editing, Production design, cinematography, visual effects
- The biggest industry news of the awards: CODA's Best Picture Win Is The First For A Streaming Service – And Apple Beat Netflix To The Punch
- Coda: That sweet Coda acceptance speech moment: CODA Star Troy Kotsur Is The Second Deaf Actor To Win An Oscar
- The Last Three Daniel Craig James Bond Films Won The Oscar For Best Original Song
- Who was the biggest loser of the night?
- Chris Rock/Will Smith, more on that in a bit
- The Oscar Twitter Polls: The Oscars Cheer Moment Proves The Internet Cannot Be Trusted With Power
- The Slap
- At first it was unclear
- How weird was this? How did it affect the rest of the broadcast
- Who is wrong?
- BJ: What Happened Between Chris Rock And Will Smith During The Oscars?
- Don't Let Questlove's Deserved Oscar Win And Emotional Speech For Summer Of Soul Get Overshadowed
- Will Smith finally gets his Oscar, but is it tainted now?
- Other observations:
Also mentioned:
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