Oscars Season 1990 Episode 1 - The 62nd Annual Academy Awards

Airdate: 1990-Mar-26

Episode summary:

The 62nd Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC and hosted by Billy Crystal. Driving Miss Daisy won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Glory with three awards, Born on the Fourth of July, The Little Mermaid, and My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown with two, and The Abyss, Balance, Batman, Cinema Paradiso, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Dead Poets Society, Henry V, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Johnstown Flood, and Work Experience with one. The telecast garnered more than 40 million viewers in the United States.

About Oscars series:

The Academy Awards or The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry.