Oscars 2022: China To Skip Academy Awards Broadcast For Second Year In A Row

The
Oscars
2022
ceremony
is
set
to
take
place
on
March
27,
2022,
hosted
by
Amy
Schumer,
Regina
Hall
and
Wanda
Sykes.
While
the
award
ceremony
is
aired
across
several
countries
in
the
world,
this
year
for
the
second
year
in
a
row
the
Academy
Awards
will
not
be
aired
in
China.

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Pre-Oscars
Event
In
A
Black
Saree,
Says
She’s
Emotional
&
Proud
To
Stand
Among
Peers

According
to
The
Hollywood
Reporter,
the
Academy
Awards
every
year
were
aired
on
the
next
morning
due
to
the
time
difference
in
China
on
the
online
video
platform
of
CCTV6.
The
movie
channel
in
the
Chinese
state
aired
an
edited
version
of
the
show
during
primetime.

Reportedly
in
2021,
broadcasters
in
mainland
China
and
Hong
Kong
declined
to
air
the
Oscars
for
the
first
time
in
decades.
Hong
Kong
broadcaster
TVB
insisted
the
decision
was
taken
for
commercial
reasons,
however,
reports
claimed
that
the
move
was
a
response
to
the
nomination
of
Do
Not
Split,
a
documentary
about
Hong
Kong’s
pro-democracy
protests,
in
the
best
short
documentary
category.

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Hudgens,
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&
Brandon
Maxwell
Set
To
Host
The
Event

On
the
other
hand,
the
Best
Picture
win
went
to
Nomadland,
directed
by
Chinese
filmmaker
Chloe
Zhao,
who
made
headlines
for
a
critical
comment
she
made
about
her
homeland
in
an
old
interview.
Zhao’s
winning
speech
was
also
edited
out
during
the
local
coverage
and
social
media
commentary
by
China’s
censors.

The
Hollywood
Reporter
that
the
broadcaster
this
year
has
no
plans
to
air
the
Oscars
ceremony,
however
light
coverage
of
the
event
in
its
movie
news
segments
may
take
place.