Oscars blasted for boring and predictable show – | TV Shows

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony drew sharp criticism from viewers who called the show uninspired and poorly paced.

“This was a boring ceremony, overall very predictable and nothing new,” one viewer posted on X during Sunday’s show.

Winners discovered their remarks truncated as the show ran long, while host Conan O’Brien’s pre-recorded segments consumed substantial airtime.

“The Oscars cutting off that speech for Golden to make room for more overlong presenter bits that land with a thud… booooooo,” wrote one viewer.

Others famous the irony of truncating winners.

“If Conan’s whole awkward opening was cut, we wouldn’t be cutting people off,” one individual posted, while another sarcastically added: “Nooo, you don’t get it, those very unfunny 10-minute skits are so much more important, we need time for those!”

A presenter’s own joke underscored the issue.

“The fact that one of the intro people had a skit about being played off like a minute later was salt in the wound too,” famous another viewer, questioning the Academy’s priorities.

“Why is the academy adding categories when they can’t even allow enough time and respect to the pre-existing categories? It makes no sense.”

Presenter Kumail Nanjiani sparked separate outrage with an offensive joke during the Best Live Action Short Film class.

He swapped “Schindler’s List” for “Schindler Post It” before saying the winners.

“Can’t say that Schindler’s List joke was uh in any good taste,” one X consumer wrote.

Another famous the awkward second, “At the #Oscars, they just made an offensive joke by swapping Schindler’s List for #SchindlerPostIt, and the translator didn’t translate it; she caught on instantly and just went silent during that part. Did you notice it?”

The broadcast ended with O’Brien being told he could be “host for life” before being changed by content creator Mr. Beast in a closing sketch that fell condominium with many viewers.