NewsOne Coverage of the Oscars 2025

NewsOne COVERAGE OF THE OSCARS

The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. NewsOne will be providing full coverage.

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UPDATE SENT: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CHANGES: ADDING MIKE MUSE AS THE EXPERT FOR THE OSCARS TWO-WAY TALKBACKS ON MONDAY, MARCH 3...ALSO ADDED SLUGS FOR THE 4 OSCARS PREVIEW PACKAGES NOW AVAILABLE IN NewsOneNET

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LIVE SHOTS:

Friday, February 28: NewsOne offers Custom Live Shots from 4:00 pm ET through 9:30 pm ET from the Red Carpet with Reporter Melissa Adan.

Saturday, March 1: NewsOne will offer custom live shots from 6:00 am ET through 1:00 pm ET from the Red Carpet with Reporter Zohreen Shah.

Sunday, March 2:

NewsOne will offer custom live shots from 6:00 am ET through 12:30 pm ET from the Red Carpet with Reporter Zohreen Shah.

NewsOne will offer GROUP LIVE INTROS and LIMITED custom live shots from 4:00 pm ET to 6:30 pm ET from the Red Carpet with Reporter Jaclyn Lee. GROUP LIVE INTROS are available at the following times:

BEFORE THE OSCARS BROADCAST:

4:01 pm ET
4:31 pm ET
5:01 pm ET
5:31 pm ET
6:01 pm ET

NOTE: There are no Group Live Intros offered after 6:01 pm ET because the Oscars Red Carpet Show begins on the Network at 6:30 pm ET.

AFTER THE OSCARS BROADCAST:

PLEASE NOTE: This year, the live Oscars broadcast will be followed on the Network by an episode of “American Idol.”

We will pick up again with GROUP LIVE INTROS and custom live shots for late newscasts after the end of Network primetime programming in all time zones from the Red Carpet with Reporter Jaclyn Lee. GROUP LIVE INTROS are available at the following times:

FOR EASTERN/CENTRAL TIME ZONE STATIONS:

ONE MINUTE AFTER THE END OF “AMERICAN IDOL” (EXACT HIT TIME TBA)

EASTERN/CENTRAL TIME ZONE STATIONS NOTE: This Group Live Intro will start 1:00 (one minute) after the end of “American Idol.” We will advise you of the exact hit time of the Group Live Intro via Slack and the NewsOne Topstory advisory AND Jaclyn Lee will announce the hit time of the Group Live Intro on NewsOne Live Channel 3.

FOR MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE STATIONS:

OPTION 1: ONE MINUTE AFTER THE END OF “AMERICAN IDOL” (EXACT HIT TIME TBA)

MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE STATIONS NOTE: For those MT stations who will be starting their local news right after “American Idol,” this Group Live Intro will start 1:00 (one minute) after the end of “American Idol.” We will advise you of the exact hit time of the Group Live Intro via Slack and the NewsOne Topstory advisory AND Jaclyn Lee will announce the hit time of the Group Live Intro on NewsOne Live Channel 3.

OPTION 2: 12:00:30 am ET/10:00:30 pm MT

MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE STATIONS NOTE: For those MT stations who will be starting their local news at the usual time of 12:00 midnight ET/10:00 pm MT, this Group Live Intro is scheduled at its normal hit time of 12:00:30 am ET.

FOR PACIFIC TIME ZONE STATIONS:

ONE MINUTE AFTER THE END OF THE RE-BROADCAST OF THE OSCARS BROADCAST (EXACT HIT TIME TBA)

PACIFIC TIME ZONE STATIONS NOTE: The Group Live Intro will start 1:00 (one minute) after the end of the re-broadcast of the Oscars program. We will advise you of the exact hit time of the Group Live Intro via Slack and the NewsOne Topstory advisory.

** A REMINDER ON NEWSONE GROUP LIVE INTROS: For Group Live Intros, the NewsOne reporter starts the Group Live Intro at a specific time and does a live intro ONLY (there is no live tag). STATIONS MUST THEN ROLL THE NEWSONE REPORTER PACKAGE ON THEIR OWN. NEWSONE DOES NOT ROLL THE PACKAGE FOR GROUP LIVE INTROS. Packages to be used with the Group Live Intros always have a standup close at the end or an “ABC News” audio tag at the end.

Monday, March 3: NewsOne will offer custom live shots from 4:00 am ET through 9:30 am ET from Hollywood with Reporter Zohreen Shah.

Custom live shot bookings for all days will open for booking on Wednesday, February 26, at aprx. 2:00 pm ET. To book a custom live shot for the Oscars, please go to our live shot booking website link here: https://abcnewsone-live.youcanbook.me. First come, first served.

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PACKAGES AND VIDEO:

The following Oscars advancer packages will be available in NewsOneNET:

Monday, February 24:

Best Picture Race: A look at the nominees for Best Picture in what promises to be an unpredictable race. Jaclyn Lee reports. SLUG IN NEWSONE NET: OscarsBestPictureRacePKG

Tuesday, February 25:

Best Actress/Actor Races: A look at the battle for Best Actor and Actress. Both fields have a number of first-time nominees. Jaclyn Lee reports. SLUG IN NEWSONE NET: OscarsBestActorActressPKG

Wednesday, February 26:

Conan O’Brien: This year’s Oscars broadcast has a new host: Conan O’Brien. We hear from Conan about how he is approaching the Oscars. Melissa Adan reports. SLUG IN NEWSONE NET: OscarsHostConanPKGRev

Thursday, February 27:

First-time Nominees: 13 of the 20 nominees in the acting awards at this year’s Oscars are first-time nominees, which is one less than the previous record. We look at which of these first-timers might have a shot at bringing home a statue. Melissa Adan reports. SLUG IN NEWSONE NET: Oscars1stTimeNomineesPKG

Friday, February 28:

Oscar preview package with Melissa Adan (for Friday afternoon newscasts).

Saturday, March 1:

Oscar preview package with Zohreen Shah (for Saturday morning newscasts).
Oscar preview package with Melissa Adan (for Saturday afternoon newscasts).

Sunday, March 2:

Oscar preview package with Zohreen Shah (for Sunday early morning newscasts)
Oscar preview package with Jaclyn Lee (for afternoon newscasts before the Awards)
Oscar wrapup package with Jaclyn Lee (for late newscasts after the Awards)

Monday, March 3:

Oscars wrapup package with Zohreen Shah (for Monday morning newscasts)

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OTHER MATERIAL:

Leading up to the Oscars, we will provide other preview material related to the Oscars.

On Oscar Sunday, we will be providing various clips from the Oscars red carpet, the Oscars broadcast, the interview room, and other Oscar-related video. Please monitor the NewsOne Topstory and NewsOneNET for information about what clips we will be providing and any restrictions on usage of clips.

All Oscars-related material is available in the “Oscars 2025” tab in NewsOneNET.

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OSCARS TWO-WAY TALKBACKS:

We are offering free two-way talkbacks on the Oscars:

Friday, February 28: OSCARS PREVIEW: Two-way talkbacks are available from the Red Carpet from 10:00 am ET to 11:00 am ET with ABC News Contributor Chris Connelly.

Monday, March 3: OSCARS REVIEW: Two-way talkbacks are available from Hollywood from 12:30 pm ET to 1:30 pm ET with ABC News Contributor Mike Muse.

Bookings for these two-ways will open on Wednesday, February 26, at approx. 2:00 pm ET. To book a window for these two-way talkbacks, please go to our live shot booking website link here: https://abcnewsone-live.youcanbook.me. To choose your free two-way, please select “ABC Reporter Custom Two Way.” First come, first served.

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OSCARS LOGO GRAPHIC:

A graphic of the Oscars logo is available in NewsOneNET under the slug “OscarsLogoGFX”.

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OSCARS TAB IN NewsOneNET:

All Oscars-related material is available in the “Oscars 2025” tab in NewsOneNET.

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LIVE FEEDS:

We will offer various live feeds on the NewsOne Live Channels related to the Oscars from now through Oscar Sunday. Please monitor our NewsOne Slack channel #abc_live_channels_newsone_alerts for latest details about live feeds.

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We will update this advisory as needed.

For more details about NewsOne’s coverage plans, please call NewsOne at 212-456-4110.