Are Oscars Playing Catch-Up? No Other Televised Awards Show Presents Every Category Live Either

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Oscar watchers, Hollywood guilds that represent the categories in question and even Academy members.But on Sunday, the Film Independent Spirit Awards did the same thing by handing out its editing, cinematography and international-feature awards during commercial breaks, and then slipping edited versions of the winners’ speeches into the final segment of the telecast on IFC.

And maybe because the group didn’t talk about what it was doing ahead of time, there was no real criticism of the move, which the Spirit Awards had also done in the past. (The only sign of dissatisfaction was when the audience booed as music started to drown out remarks from “Drive My Car” producer Teruhisa Yamamoto, winner of the international film award, who delivered his acceptance speech through a translator but apparently came too close to the end of the commercial break.)In fact, virtually no other televised awards show that covers entertainment presents its below-the-line categories on the live broadcast.

You could say that means the Academy Awards are simply going with the flow and doing what everybody else does – or you could argue that one of the things that made the Oscars special is that the Academy alone gave full exposure to all 23 categories, and that this year’s decision robs the show of one of the things that distinguished it.I would argue the latter, but you can’t say there’s no precedent for the move.

Here’s the rundown of other shows:Grammy AwardsThe show has more than 80 categories, but its televised ceremony is more of a performance show than an awards show.