List of Academy Awards ceremonies
Ceremonies
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California.

List of Academy Awards ceremonies

Section Title: Ceremonies
Table Section Text: Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California.

#	Date	Year(s) Honored	Best Picture	Number of viewers	Rating	Host(s)	Venue	Broadcast partner(s)

1st	May 16, 1929	1927/28	Wings	—	—	Douglas Fairbanks William C. deMille	Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel	none

2nd	April 3, 1930	1928/29	The Broadway Melody	—	—	William C. deMille	Ambassador Hotel	KNX-AM

3rd	November 5, 1930	1929/30	All Quiet on the Western Front	—	—	Conrad Nagel	KNX-AM

4th	November 10, 1931	1930/31	Cimarron	—	—	Lawrence Grant	Biltmore Hotel	KHJ-AM

5th	November 18, 1932	1931/32	Grand Hotel	—	—	Lionel Barrymore Conrad Nagel	Ambassador Hotel	KECA-AM

6th	March 16, 1934	1932/33	Cavalcade	—	—	Will Rogers	none

7th	February 27, 1935	1934	It Happened One Night	—	—	Irvin S. Cobb	Biltmore Hotel	none

8th	March 5, 1936	1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	—	—	Frank Capra	none

9th	March 4, 1937	1936	The Great Ziegfeld	—	—	George Jessel	none

10th	March 10, 1938	1937	The Life of Emile Zola	—	—	Bob Burns	none

11th	February 23, 1939	1938	You Can't Take It With You	—	—	none	KHJ-AM

12th	February 29, 1940	1939	Gone with the Wind	—	—	Bob Hope	Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove)	KNX-AM

13th	February 27, 1941	1940	Rebecca	—	—	Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl)	KECA-AM

14th	February 26, 1942	1941	How Green Was My Valley	—	—	KNX-AM

15th	March 4, 1943	1942	Mrs. Miniver	—	—	Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove)	KNX-AM

16th	March 2, 1944	1943	Casablanca	—	—	Jack Benny	Grauman's Chinese Theater	KNX-AM

17th	March 15, 1945	1944	Going My Way	—	—	Bob Hope John Cromwell	ABC Radio

18th	March 7, 1946	1945	The Lost Weekend	—	—	Bob Hope James Stewart	Grauman's Chinese Theater

19th	March 13, 1947	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	—	—	Jack Benny	Shrine Auditorium

20th	March 20, 1948	1947	Gentleman's Agreement	—	—	Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell

21st	March 24, 1949	1948	Hamlet	—	—	Robert Montgomery	The Academy Theater

22nd	March 23, 1950	1949	All the King's Men	—	—	Paul Douglas	Pantages Theatre

23rd	March 29, 1951	1950	All About Eve	—	—	Fred Astaire

24th	March 20, 1952	1951	An American in Paris	—	—	Danny Kaye

25th	March 19, 1953	1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	40 million	—	Bob Hope Conrad Nagel	Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre	NBC Radio NBC-TV

26th	March 25, 1954	1953	From Here to Eternity	43 million	—	Donald O'Connor Fredric March	Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre

27th	March 30, 1955	1954	On the Waterfront	—	—	Bob Hope Thelma Ritter

28th	March 21, 1956	1955	Marty	—	—	Jerry Lewis Claudette Colbert Joseph L. Mankiewicz

29th	March 27, 1957	1956	Around the World in 80 Days	—	—	Jerry Lewis Celeste Holm

30th	March 26, 1958	1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	—	—	Bob Hope David Niven James Stewart Jack Lemmon Rosalind Russell Donald Duck	Pantages Theatre

31st	April 6, 1959	1958	Gigi	—	—	Bob Hope David Niven Tony Randall Mort Sahl Laurence Olivier Jerry Lewis

32nd	April 4, 1960	1959	Ben-Hur	—	—	Bob Hope

33rd	April 17, 1961	1960	The Apartment	—	—	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium	ABC Radio ABC-TV

34th	April 9, 1962	1961	West Side Story	—	—

35th	April 8, 1963	1962	Lawrence of Arabia	—	—	Frank Sinatra

36th	April 13, 1964	1963	Tom Jones	—	—	Jack Lemmon

37th	April 5, 1965	1964	My Fair Lady	—	—	Bob Hope

38th	April 18, 1966	1965	The Sound of Music	—	—

39th	April 10, 1967	1966	A Man for All Seasons	—	—

40th	April 10, 1968	1967	In the Heat of the Night	—	—

41st	April 14, 1969	1968	Oliver!	—	—	none	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion	ABC-TV

42nd	April 7, 1970	1969	Midnight Cowboy	—	43.40

43rd	April 15, 1971	1970	Patton	—	—	NBC-TV

44th	April 10, 1972	1971	The French Connection	—	—	Helen Hayes Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon

45th	March 27, 1973	1972	The Godfather	—	—	Carol Burnett Michael Caine Charlton Heston Rock Hudson

46th	April 2, 1974	1973	The Sting	—	—	John Huston Burt Reynolds David Niven Diana Ross

47th	April 8, 1975	1974	The Godfather Part II	—	—	Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra

48th	March 29, 1976	1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	—	—	Goldie Hawn Gene Kelly Walter Matthau George Segal Robert Shaw	ABC-TV

49th	March 28, 1977	1976	Rocky	—	—	Warren Beatty Ellen Burstyn Jane Fonda Richard Pryor

50th	April 3, 1978	1977	Annie Hall	39.73 million	31.10	Bob Hope

51st	April 9, 1979	1978	The Deer Hunter	—	—	Johnny Carson

52nd	April 14, 1980	1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	—	—

53rd	March 31, 1981	1980	Ordinary People	—	—

54th	March 29, 1982	1981	Chariots of Fire	—	—

55th	April 11, 1983	1982	Gandhi	—	—	Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau

56th	April 9, 1984	1983	Terms of Endearment	—	38.00	Johnny Carson

57th	March 25, 1985	1984	Amadeus	—	—	Jack Lemmon

58th	March 24, 1986	1985	Out of Africa	38.65 million	25.71	Alan Alda Jane Fonda Robin Williams

59th	March 30, 1987	1986	Platoon	39.72 million	25.94	Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Paul Hogan

60th	April 11, 1988	1987	The Last Emperor	42.04 million	27.80	Chevy Chase	Shrine Auditorium

61st	March 29, 1989	1988	Rain Man	42.77 million	28.41	none

62nd	March 26, 1990	1989	Driving Miss Daisy	40.22 million	26.42	Billy Crystal	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

63rd	March 25, 1991	1990	Dances with Wolves	42.79 million	28.06	Shrine Auditorium

64th	March 30, 1992	1991	The Silence of the Lambs	44.44 million	29.84	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

65th	March 29, 1993	1992	Unforgiven	45.84 million	32.85

66th	March 21, 1994	1993	Schindler's List	46.26 million	31.86	Whoopi Goldberg

67th	March 27, 1995	1994	Forrest Gump	48.87 million	33.47	David Letterman	Shrine Auditorium

68th	March 25, 1996	1995	Braveheart	44.81 million	30.48	Whoopi Goldberg	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

69th	March 24, 1997	1996	The English Patient	40.83 million	25.83	Billy Crystal	Shrine Auditorium

70th	March 23, 1998	1997	Titanic	57.25 million	35.32

71st	March 21, 1999	1998	Shakespeare in Love	45.63 million	28.51	Whoopi Goldberg	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

72nd	March 26, 2000	1999	American Beauty	46.53 million	29.64	Billy Crystal	Shrine Auditorium

73rd	March 25, 2001	2000	Gladiator	42.93 million	25.86	Steve Martin

74th	March 24, 2002	2001	A Beautiful Mind	40.54 million	25.13	Whoopi Goldberg	Kodak Theatre (then name of the Dolby Theatre)

75th	March 23, 2003	2002	Chicago	33.04 million	20.58	Steve Martin

76th	February 29, 2004	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	43.56 million	26.68	Billy Crystal

77th	February 27, 2005	2004	Million Dollar Baby	42.16 million	25.29	Chris Rock

78th	March 5, 2006	2005	Crash	38.64 million	22.91	Jon Stewart

79th	February 25, 2007	2006	The Departed	39.92 million	23.65	Ellen DeGeneres

80th	February 24, 2008	2007	No Country for Old Men	31.76 million	18.66	Jon Stewart

81st	February 22, 2009	2008	Slumdog Millionaire	36.94 million	20.88	Hugh Jackman

82nd	March 7, 2010	2009	The Hurt Locker	41.62 million	24.89	Steve Martin Alec Baldwin

83rd	February 27, 2011	2010	The King's Speech	37.9 million	21.2	James Franco Anne Hathaway

84th	February 26, 2012	2011	The Artist	39.46 million	23.91	Billy Crystal	Hollywood and Highland Center (intermediate name of the Dolby Theatre)

85th	February 24, 2013	2012	Argo	40.38 million	24.47	Seth MacFarlane	Dolby Theatre

86th	March 2, 2014	2013	12 Years a Slave	43.74 million	24.7	Ellen DeGeneres

87th	February 22, 2015	2014	Birdman	37.26 million	20.6	Neil Patrick Harris

88th	February 28, 2016	2015	Spotlight	34.43 million	23.4	Chris Rock

89th	February 26, 2017	2016	Moonlight	33.0 million	22.4	Jimmy Kimmel

90th	March 4, 2018	2017	The Shape of Water	26.5 million	18.9

91st	February 24, 2019	2018	Green Book	29.6 million	20.6	none

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Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards show 19 times.

final_sentence: Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards show 19 times.