What Time Are The Oscars On TV Tonight? And Other Essential Oscars 2016 Information

It’s almost the end of award season and the stars are ready to shine at the 88th Annual Academy Awards..

The Oscars is televised live from Los Angeles at the Dolby Center and start at 8:30 p.m. EST. You can catch the show live on ABC. The Oscars will be televised in more than 225 countries.

But if you want to soak in all the Oscar goodness, tune into The Road to Gold: A Year at the Movies will air from 1 PM until 2 PM, followed immediately by On the Red Carpet at the Oscars and Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet.

Hosting this years Oscars is comedian Chris Rock who is notorious for calling out actors from the stage. The comedian has been making appearances at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood to prepare for tonight. It is also said that he revised his entire opening monologue after the Oscar drama over the exclusion of minority actors from the nominations.

The Revenant is leading the nomination pack with 12 nominations including best picture and nominations for both Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead acting category and Tom Hardy for supporting actor.

The other films nominated for best picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, The Martian, Room and Spotlight.