Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast Roundtable on What We Got Right — And So, So Wrong — With This Year’s Oscars

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large That’s a wrap on Oscar season 2024 — but first, the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast‘s Roundtable dives in one last time to take a final look at the highs, lows and head scratchers from Sunday night’s ceremony. “Oppenheimer” did huge, but it didn’t quite sweep. “Poor Things” over-poor-formed. (Sorry, this is the Roundtable, so dad jokes and bad puns are required!) We’re still not quite sure what Al Pacino was doing before handing out the best picture Academy Award.

But overall, this year’s Oscars gets high marks for good speeches, fun segments (“I’m Just Ken” leading that, of course), solid quips by host Jimmy Kimmel and perhaps — most importantly — ending early.

Listen to this week’s episode, and join Clayton Davis, Jenelle Riley, Jazz Tangcay and Michael Schneider as we give our parting thoughts in another Roundtable Mega Edition below: And here are some required readings from Oscar night 2024: How to Improve the Oscars: Add New Categories, Bump the Show Up to February and More Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar Win Is Just the Start: ‘The Roles Will Get Better, The Money Will Improve’ 2024 Oscar Ratings: Academy Awards Audience Rises Slightly to 19.5 Million Viewers How Ryan Gosling Planned Out Every ‘I’m Just Ken’ Performance Detail, From Marilyn Monroe’s Inspiration to the Cameraman Kiss Oscars Team Tells All: Getting John Cena Naked, Jimmy Kimmel’s Trump Joke and Why Al Pacino Skipped the Best Picture Nominees (EXCLUSIVE) Oscars Season Analysis: Lily Gladstone Should Have Campaigned Supporting and Movie Studios Are Back on Top Brits Dominate Oscars in Non-Acting Categories With Wins for Christopher Nolan, ‘The Zone of Interest’ and ‘Poor Things’ The ‘Oppenheimer’ Oscars Reminded.