Oscars Taking TV Ads
The Oscars, long the PBS of awards shows with no commercials, will now start allowing TV ads for movies, Variety is reporting .
The Academy Board of Governors voted to allow ads starting next year in the 81st Annual Oscars show.
The board voted to for a limited number of spots for movies that will not open until the last week of April at the earliest, according to Academy president Sid Ganis.
This means that none of the nominated film can be tubthumped during the telecast.
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