The Oscar ceremony will change its seat for the first time after over twenty-five years. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that, starting from the 101st edition scheduled for 2029, the Academy Awards will be held at the Peacock Theater, as part of L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The agreement, signed with AEG, previews that the new guest house the ceremony at least until 2039. This is a choice that interrupts a long logistic and symbolic continuity, linked to the identity of the Oscars.
Since 2002, the ceremony has always been held at the Dolby Theatre, a structure designed to accommodate large-scale cinema and television events. The only recent exception dates back to 2021, when the edition was transferred to Union Station to adapt to health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Peacock Theater – already home to the Emmy Awards ceremony – offers a more flexible configuration for live events and an integrated location in a entertainment district that concentrates arenas, studios and spaces for television productions.
The change of the seat is part of a series of transformation of the distribution model of the ceremony. Also since 2029, the Oscars broadcast will no longer be entrusted to the ABC television network, which held the rights for decades, but will pass to YouTube. The event in recent years has in fact recorded a decrease of TV listening and now aims to intercept a younger and global audience through streaming. In Italy, where the ceremony continues to be followed especially in the second evening or in deferred on platforms and thematic channels, the change could affect the mode of access and dissemination of the event, making it more immediate but also more fragmented than the traditional television broadcast.
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