How to watch the 2026 Oscars and everything else you need to know

Get your ballots ready, the 2026 Oscars are astir the corner.

The 98th Academy Awards volition beryllium held Sunday astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles, wherever Hollywood’s biggest names volition observe the champion films of the twelvemonth for a last time.

Will “Sinners” people large pursuing its record-breaking 16 nominations? Can Timothée Chalamet propulsion disconnected a triumph for “Marty Supreme”? Will “One Battle After Another” proceed its adjacent awards-season expanse for champion picture? Tune successful to the 2026 Oscars to find out.

When is the show?

The 98th Academy Awards volition beryllium held Sunday astatine the Dolby Theatre astatine Ovation Hollywood. The amusement volition footwear disconnected astatine 4 p.m. Pacific.

How tin I ticker the Oscars?

The 2026 Oscars volition aerial connected ABC, and those with cablegram subscriptions tin besides ticker the amusement by logging into the ABC app oregon abc.com. The telecast volition besides watercourse unrecorded connected Hulu, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV. Internationally, the ceremonial volition beryllium broadcast successful much than 200 territories. You tin cheque your section listings here.

The amusement volition watercourse exclusively connected YouTube starting successful 2029.

How tin I ticker the reddish carpet?

“Chicken Shop Date” big Amelia Dimoldenberg volition return, for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row, arsenic societal media ambassador and analogous for the authoritative reddish carpet, which volition footwear disconnected astatine 3:30 p.m. connected ABC and Hulu.

For extended coverage, E! volition statesman its reddish carpet broadcast astatine 1 p.m. ABC’s sum begins astatine 12:30 p.m., followed by “The Oscars Red Carpet Show,” hosted by Tamron Hall and Jesse Palmer.

Who is hosting the Oscars?

Conan O’Brien volition big the awards for his 2nd consecutive year. The comedian’s instrumentality was announced little than a period aft the 2025 Oscars. O’Brien told the New Yorker successful February that he’s been going to drama clubs to trial worldly for the show.

“I grew up watching Bob Hope bash it, Johnny Carson bash it. So it’s a precise chill happening to beryllium connected to. As you know, I’m precise funny successful history, and this happening has been astir for a 100 years — astir a 100 years — truthful let’s person amusive with it, is my attitude,” O’Brien said.

What is nominated?

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” broke the grounds for astir Oscar nominations for a azygous movie with 16, including acting nods for Michael B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” trailed intimately down with 13 nominations and Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” snagged 9 nominations.

Who are the champion representation contenders?

“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

Check retired the implicit database of nominees here.

Who is performing?

The academy volition bounds performances from the archetypal opus class to conscionable 2 of the 5 nominees. According to a missive sent to nominees obtained by Variety, amusement producers explained that lone 2 songs were chosen due to the fact that of their “defining relation successful their planetary taste interaction and assemblage transportation this year.”

“Given the constricted clip wrong the broadcast, the summation of our Casting Oscar, and a tendency to make a fast-paced, entertaining and cohesive show, the unrecorded show absorption volition beryllium concentrated connected 2 philharmonic moments this year,” the missive explained.

Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq from “Sinners” volition execute “I Lied to You” alongside Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith. “KPop Demon Hunters” singers Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami volition instrumentality to the signifier to execute “Golden.”

In summation to the euphony “moments,” the amusement volition see appearances by Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Barbra Streisand volition besides reportedly execute a tribute to her “The Way We Were” co-star Robert Redford during the In Memoriam segment. Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Master Chorale volition besides execute astatine the ceremony, though their relation has not yet been disclosed.

Who is presenting?

Last year’s acting winners, Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”) and Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Perez”), volition contiguous this year’s awards.

Other presenters see Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Hathaway, Paul Mescal and Gwyneth Paltrow.

What should I cognize astir the parties?

Elton John’s yearly viewing party, hosted by John, David Furnish, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, volition diagnostic a show by “Messy” vocalist and caller Grammy victor Lola Young.

The authoritative Oscars after-party, the Governors Ball, volition commencement instantly aft the ceremony. The lawsuit boasts a paper created by Wolfgang Puck and signature cocktails by mixologist Charles Joly.

The 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party moved to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art this twelvemonth and volition beryllium held astatine the caller David Geffen Galleries.

Which roads volition beryllium closed arsenic a effect of the Oscars?

Streets astir the Dolby Theatre began closing for the Oscars earlier this month, including Johnny Grant Way, Orange Drive and Hollywood Boulevard. On Sunday, sections of Hollywood volition adjacent for the awards show. Maps of roadworthy closures tin beryllium viewed here.

These roads and sidewalks volition beryllium closed from 12:01 a.m. Sunday done 6 a.m. Monday:

• Hawthorn Alley from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue
• Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Lanewood Avenue
• North sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to 300 feet eastbound of Highland Avenue (no pedestrian access)
• South sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to 300 feet eastbound of Highland Avenue (8-foot pedestrian access)
• South sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard straight successful beforehand of the north-south Hawthorn Alley (no pedestrian entree to transverse alley)
• East sidewalk and curb lane of Highland Avenue from Yucca Street to Sunset Boulevard (8-foot pedestrian access, 300 feet southbound of Hollywood Boulevard only)
• West sidewalk of Highland Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to Sunset Boulevard
• West curb of Highland Avenue from Johnny Grant Way to Hollywood Boulevard

These roads and sidewalks volition beryllium closed from 4 a.m. Sunday done 4 a.m. Monday:

• North and southbound crosswalks connected Hollywood Boulevard astatine the Highland Avenue intersection
• Highland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Franklin Avenue
• Hollywood Boulevard from La Brea Avenue to Orange Drive
• Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to Cahuenga Boulevard.

These roads and sidewalks volition beryllium constricted to section residents, concern needs and exigency vehicles from 12:01 a.m. Sunday done 6 a.m. Monday:

• Hawthorn Avenue betwixt Orange Drive and La Brea Avenue
• Hawthorn Avenue betwixt Highland Avenue and McCadden Place
• McCadden Place betwixt Yucca Street and Hollywood Boulevard
• Yucca Street betwixt Highland Avenue and Wilcox Avenue
• Wilcox Avenue betwixt Sunset Boulevard and Cahuenga Boulevard
• South sidewalk of Franklin Avenue from Orchid Avenue to Highland Avenue
• Hillcrest Road southbound of Franklin Avenue to the dormant end

Times unit writer Grace Toohey contributed to this report.