The ABC Television Network and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today "Oscars® Opening Ceremony: Live From The Red Carpet," the ultimate opening event and highly anticipated lead-in to the live telecast of the 89th Oscars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26. This 90-minute special, hosted by "Good Morning America" Anchors Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan, and Lara Spencer begins at 7:00 p.m. EST/4:00 p.m. PST on the ABC Television Network and is the only official red-carpet event. Additionally, from 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. PST), ABC is the only telecast broadcasting live exclusively from the red carpet.
Roberts, Strahan and Spencer will be joined by special contributors Jess Cagle, editor-in-chief of People and editorial director, Time Inc. Style & Entertainment Group; Marie Claire's creative director and "Project Runway" judge, Nina Garcia; and Vanity Fair's West Coast executive editor, Krista Smith. The special features interviews with the nominees, presenters and performers arriving on the red carpet plus gives viewers an ultimate insiders' view of all the pre-show excitement. For the third consecutive year, Oscars show producers and the Academy tapped ABC's Lincoln Square Productions team to produce the red carpet show. "The Oscar red carpet is the most exciting and unpredictable place in Hollywood-you never know what is going to happen. We are looking forward to this fast-paced, live, lead in to one of the biggest global events on television," said Oscar producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd.Videos