The Oscars Are Sticking with March — and That Won’t Change for Years

The 2026 Oscars season sure felt long, but it can now be seen as a primer for what’s to come in 2027 and 2028.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC shared on Tuesday the dates for the next two Oscar telecasts before the show moves to YouTube in 2029. (And from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre to what’s currently known as L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.)

The 99th Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 14, 2027 — just one day off from this year’s March 15 show! The 100th Oscars, and the swan song airing on ABC for now, will take place on Sunday, March 5, 2028. The shows will air live at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.

For comparison, the 2025 Oscars aired on March 2, and the show has not been held earlier than that since before the pandemic. The 2020 Academy Awards telecast, when “Parasite” won Best Picture, aired on February 9. This year’s ratings, at 17.9 million viewers, were the lowest since 2022 but comparatively stable among the post-lockdown-edition shows.

The Academy did not reveal the date for the 101st show set to air live on YouTube. Those conversations will be had with the video-sharing platform, but so far, we have no idea what the YouTube Oscars will look like.

Meanwhile, the Academy also shared key dates for the overall awards calendar leading up to next year’s 99th Oscars. (And, let’s face it, that awards season is about to start in just over a month at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.)

Fun fact for all hoping the bottleneck of industry travel and coverage circa the Oscars could be relieved: Once again, the 2027 Oscar nominations announcement will take place on the opening day of the Sundance Film Festival, which begins in Boulder, Colorado, next year. We’re curious to see if SXSW is once again held on Oscar weekend.

All dates are subject to change, but here’s what the Academy shared:

Eligibility period begins
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Final submission deadline for General Entry categories, Animated Feature Film, Best Picture and RAISE form
Thursday, November 12, 2026

Governors Awards
Sunday, November 15, 2026

Preliminary voting begins 9 a.m. PT
Monday, December 7, 2026

Preliminary voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Friday, December 11, 2026

Oscars Shortlists Announcement
Tuesday, December 15, 2026

Eligibility period ends
Thursday, December 31, 2026

Nominations voting begins 9 a.m. PT
Monday, January 11, 2027

Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Friday, January 15, 2027

Oscars Nominations Announcement
Thursday, January 21, 2027

Oscar Nominees Luncheon
Tuesday, February 16, 2027

Final voting begins 9 a.m. PT
Thursday, February 25, 2027

Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 4, 2027

99th Oscars
Sunday, March 14, 2027

100th Oscars
Sunday, March 5, 2028