Oscars Season 2002 Episode 1 - The 74th Annual Academy Awards

Airdate: 2002-Mar-24

Episode summary:

The 74th Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC and hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. A Beautiful Mind won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with four awards, Black Hawk Down and Moulin Rouge! with two, and The Accountant, For the Birds, Gosford Park, Iris, Monster's Ball, Monsters, Inc., Murder on a Sunday Morning, No Man's Land, Pearl Harbor, Shrek, Thoth, and Training Day with one. Despite a record length of four hours and twenty-three minutes, the telecast garnered nearly 42 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.