Just when you think you’re out, the Oscars inevitably pull you back in.
This year’s biggest night in movies is set for March 12 at 8 p.m. ET, and will be televised on ABC per tradition (and a lucrative broadcast deal for the Academy). Cinema’s highest accolades have been broadcast for at-home viewers since 1953, when Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Greatest Show on Earth” took home Best Picture.
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony has as many analysts focused on the success of the show itself as the winners in each category.