‘The 97th Oscars’ Set for March 2, 2025, on ABC

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Next year’s Oscar ceremony will air March 2 on ABC. (Image credit: AMPAS via Getty Images)

The 97th Oscars will be on ABC on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The event begins at 7 p.m. ET and goes down at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts the event, which celebrates the best in film. 

The Academy gives out its Governors Awards November 17, and preliminary voting for the Oscars starts December 9. 

Nominations will be announced January 17. 

The host for the 2025 affair has not yet been named. 

The 96th Oscars happened March 10 and started at 7 p.m. for the first time. Jimmy Kimmel hosted, his fourth time in that role. 

Oppenheimer won Best Picture at last month’s event, beating out American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest

Molly McNearney executive produced The 96th Oscars

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.