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The Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars, is an awards ceremony held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS or "The Academy"). The first Academy Awards was held on May 16th, 1929 at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood, California. Since then, the award has become so esteemed that it's now considered the undisputed mother of all awards shows, with viewership ratings far surpassing The Grammys, the Golden Globes, and others.

In the early 1990s, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threatened legal action against a primetime BBC entertainment show called Noel's House Party, which featured a segment called the Gotcha Oscars in which host Noel Edmonds would prank British celebrities (in the style of the earlier light entertainment show on ITV Game for a Laugh) and give them a "Gotcha Oscar" for being such good sport. This segment was renamed the Gotchas after the threat of legal action.

Year Ceremony Date
1927/28 1st Academy Awards May 16, 1929
1928/29 2nd Academy Awards April 3, 1930
1929/30 3rd Academy Awards November 5, 1930
1930/31 4th Academy Awards November 10, 1931
1931/32 5th Academy Awards November 18, 1932
1932/33 6th Academy Awards March 16, 1933
1934 7th Academy Awards February 27, 1934
1935 8th Academy Awards March 5, 1935
1936 9th Academy Awards March 4, 1936
1937 10th Academy Awards March 10, 1938
1938 11th Academy Awards February 23, 1939
1939 12th Academy Awards February 29, 1940
1940 13th Academy Awards February 27, 1941
1941 14th Academy Awards February 26, 1942
1942 15th Academy Awards March 4, 1943
1943 16th Academy Awards March 2, 1944
1944 17th Academy Awards March 15, 1945
1945 18th Academy Awards March 7, 1946
1946 19th Academy Awards March 13, 1947
1947 20th Academy Awards March 20, 1948
1948 21st Academy Awards March 24, 1949
1949 22nd Academy Awards March 23, 1950
1950 23rd Academy Awards March 29, 1951
1951 24th Academy Awards March 20, 1952
1952 25th Academy Awards March 19, 1953
1953 26th Academy Awards March 25, 1954
1954 27th Academy Awards March 30, 1955
1955 28th Academy Awards March 21, 1956
1956 29th Academy Awards March 27, 1957
1957 30th Academy Awards March 26, 1958
1958 31st Academy Awards April 6, 1959
1959 32nd Academy Awards April 4, 1960
1960 33rd Academy Awards April 17, 1961
1961 34th Academy Awards April 9, 1962
1962 35th Academy Awards April 8, 1963
1964 36th Academy Awards April 13, 1964
1965 37th Academy Awards April 5, 1965
1966 38th Academy Awards April 18, 1966
1967 39th Academy Awards April 10, 1967
1968 40th Academy Awards April 10, 1969
1969 41st Academy Awards April 7, 1970
1970 43rd Academy Awards April 15, 1971
1971 44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972
1972 45th Academy Awards March 27, 1973
1973 46th Academy Awards April 2, 1974
1974 47th Academy Awards April 8, 1975
1975 48th Academy Awards March 29, 1976
1976 49th Academy Awards March 28, 1977
1977 50th Academy Awards April 3, 1978
1978 51st Academy Awards April 9, 1979
1979 52nd Academy Awards April 14, 1980
1980 53rd Academy Awards March 31, 1981
1981 54th Academy Awards March 29, 1982
1982 55th Academy Awards April 11, 1983
1983 56th Academy Awards April 9, 1984
1984 55th Academy Awards April 14 1985
1983 56th Academy Awards March 31, 1986
1984 57th Academy Awards April 14, 1985
1985 58th Academy Awards March 31, 1986
1986 59th Academy Awards March 29, 1987
1987 60th Academy Awards April 11, 1988
1988 61st Academy Awards March 29, 1989
1989 62nd Academy Awards March 26, 1990
1990 63rd Academy Awards March 25, 1991
1991 64th Academy Awards March 30, 1992
1992 65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993
1993 66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994
1994 67th Academy Awards March 27, 1995
1995 68th Academy Awards March 25, 1996
1996 69th Academy Awards March 24, 1997
1997 70th Academy Awards March 23, 1998
1998 71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999
1999 72nd Academy Awards March 26, 2000
2000 73rd Academy Awards March 25, 2001
2001 74th Academy Awards March 24, 2002
2002 75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003
2003 76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004
2004 77th Academy Awards February 27, 2005
2005 78th Academy Awards March 5, 2006
2006 79th Academy Awards February 25, 2007
2007 80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008
2008 81st Academy Awards February 22, 2009
2009 82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010
2010 83rd Academy Awards February 27, 2011
2011 84th Academy Awards February 26, 2012
2012 85th Academy Awards February 24, 2013
2013 86th Academy Awards March 2, 2014
2014 87th Academy Awards February 22, 2015
2015 88th Academy Awards February 28, 2016
2016 89th Academy Awards February 27, 2017
2017 90th Academy Awards March 30, 2018
2018 91st Academy Awards February 24, 2019
2019 92nd Academy Awards February 9, 2020
2020 93rd Academy Awards April 25, 2021
2021 94th Academy Awards March 27, 2022
2022 95th Academy Awards March 12, 2023
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