It’s back to business as usual at the Oscars. The last awards season, which ended on March 2, was elongated by the Winter Olympics. This time the timetable for the 87th Academy Awards is determined by the already announced Oscar show date of February 22. Every year the Academy and ABC worry about how to stay ahead of the plethora of award shows that lead up to the Oscars–causing awards fatigue–but every time the Oscars move back, so does everyone else.
The real issue is how to give the more than 6000 Academy members enough time to view all the movies they need to see. In recent years the Academy has moved toward supplying more films (adding foreign, documentaries and shorts) to voters on screeners.
Key dates for the Awards season are:
Saturday, November 8, 2014
The Governors Awards
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Official Screen Credits and music submissions due
Monday, December 29, 2014
Nominations voting begins 8 a.m. PT
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Oscar nominations announced
Monday, February 2, 2015
Oscar Nominees Luncheon
Friday, February 6, 2015
Final voting begins 8 a.m. PT
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Scientific and Technical Awards
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015
87th Academy Awards begins 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT
The Golden Globes are already set for January 11 with returning hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards are on January 25.
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