Checking boxes, losing viewers: The Academy’s fade into obscurity

The Academy Awards are leaving broadcast television. Or broadcast television is getting rid of the Academy Awards.
Either way, the network television event that has been seen on ABC for five decades is moving to YouTube TV, owned by Google.
The deal calls for the awards show to stay on ABC through 2028, the 100th anniversary of this pinnacle of Hollywood success. From 2029 through 2033 it will be seen on YouTube, “for free globally and on YouTube TV in the U.S.,” according to the com