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61st Oscars – The Academy Awards

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The Academy Awards — 61st Oscars

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Producer Allan Carr promised a 61st Oscars that would be for the history books, and he succeeds with a memorably disastrous ceremony headlined by Rob Lowe and Snow White.

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Liz Smith New York Daily News Apr 23, 2021
As this annual orgy of self-congratulation goes, the 61st Academy Awards was a reasonably star-glutted and entertaining show. Go to Full Review Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 23, 2021
Early in a 3-hour, 16-minute telecast that set a new record on the yawn-meter, Tom Selleck observed that at the first Academy Awards ceremony, presenter Douglas Fairbanks announced all the awards in five minutes. Perhaps this tradition might be revived. Go to Full Review Gordon Currie Sydney Morning Herald Apr 23, 2021
The 61st Annual Academy Awards Show... was touted by its new producer, Allan Carr, as "The Oscar show the world will remember." For the Oscars' sake, we should hope not. Go to Full Review Bruce R. Miller Sioux City Journal Apr 24, 2021
The 61st edition of this grand old warhorse was a glittery, entertaining one. Sure it was long. But where else can we find such an assemblage of people just ripe for the mocking? Go to Full Review Harold Schindler Salt Lake Tribune Apr 24, 2021
For all of the effort that went into Wednesday's "ceremonies," as a television production it ranked somewhere between bad and an expensive practical joke. Go to Full Review Joyce Millman San Francisco Examiner Apr 23, 2021
After a decade-plus of dull, dull, dull telecasts, a shot of good old San Francisco camp restored Oscar to his rightful place as king of TV awards shows. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Mar 29, 1989 61st Oscars Details

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Network
ABC
Genre
Special Interest
Release Date
Mar 29, 1989
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