89th Academy Awards
2017 ceremony awarding film works of 2016
Key facts
- Date
- February 26, 2017
- Site
- Dolby Theatre , Hollywood , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Hosted by
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Preshow hosts
- Jess Cagle Robin Roberts Lara Spencer Michael Strahan Nina García Krista Smith
- Produced by
- Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd
- Directed by
- Glenn Weiss
- Best picture
- Moonlight
- Most awards
- La La Land (6)
- Most nominations
- La La Land (14)
- Network
- ABC
- Duration
- 3 hours, 49 minutes
- Ratings
- 33.0 million , 22.4% ( Nielsen ratings )
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The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd and directed by Glenn Weiss. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the first time.
In related events, the academy held its 8th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2016. On November 25, 2016, the AMPAS announced that no anime shorts would be considered for this year's ceremony. On February 11, 2017, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts John Cho and Leslie Mann.