Oscars Season 1996 Episode 1 - The 68th Annual Academy Awards

Airdate: 1996-Mar-25

Episode summary:

The 68th Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC and hosted by Whoppi Goldbergs. Braveheart won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards and Anne Frank Remembered, Antonia's Line, Babe, A Close Shave, Dead Man Walking, Leaving Las Vegas, Lieberman in Love, Mighty Aphrodite, One Survivor Remembers, Il Postino: The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility with one. The telecast garnered almost 45 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.