ABC Will Air the Oscars Through at Least 2028

8-year extension locks in network's most-watched program each year

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ABC remains the only one of the big four broadcast networks shut out of the NFL broadcast business, but it has a lock on its yearly marquee live TV event for the next 12 years. The network and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have extended their agreement for ABC to broadcast the Academy Awards—which is usually the most-watched entertainment program of the year—through 2028.

This is an eight-year extension of the previous ABC/AMPAS deal, which was set to expire in 2020.

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