Oscars Tonight! What Time Are the Academy Awards? What Channel Is Televising the 85th Academy Awards? Sunday on ABC

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The 85th Academy Awards are televised February 24, 2013 at 8:30 p.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. CT, 4:00 P.M. PT.ON ABC. The Academy Awards are televised live on ABC from the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California. ABC has several segments that lead up to “The Oscars” presentation (see below). The Academy Awards are scheduled to be hosted by Seth MacFarlane. See channel lineup listings below …

In Arlington Heights on Comcast …
ABC WLS-TV — Ch 7 Standard Definition
ABC WLS-TV — Ch 187 ABC WLS-TV HD (High Definition)

In Arlington Heights on WOW! Internet and Cable TV …
ABC WLS-TV — Ch 7 Standard Definition
ABC WLS-TV — Ch 200 ABC WLS-TV HD (High Definition)

In Arlington Heights on AT&T U-verse …
ABC WLS-TV — Ch 7 Standard Definition
ABC WLS-TV — Ch 1007 ABC WLS-TV HD (High Definition)

In Chicago on RCN …
Channel Lineup for RCN in Chicago …

ABC is Channel 07 for standard definition WLS-TV
ABC is Channel 607 HD for High Definition WLS-DTV

ABC WLS-TV over the air channel is 7 (7.1), digital is 44.


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Lead up segments to “The Oscars” Presentation (85th Academy Awards) …
Times Central Time …

Road to Gold/An Academy Awards Preview at 3:00 p.m. CT
One the Red Carpet of the Academy Awards at 4:00 p.m. to 5:05 p.m. CT
One the Red Carpet of the Academy Awards continues starting at 5:30 p.m. CT
The Oscars Red Carpet Live! at 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. CT

Many of this year’s nominees have traveled the Oscar road before. At this month’s annual luncheon, Associated Pressed asked the nominees to share how their previous experiences have changed how they’ve approached award season this year.

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The 85th Academy Awards host will be Set MacFarlane — Family Guy creator, who works as an actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director and singer. He also wrote the screenplay Ted, directed Ted, and starred as the teddy bear (voice). MacFarlane is known to be passionately supportive of gay rights and gay marriage, but has been criticized as a hypocrite for “transphobic” content in an episode of Family Guy. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a LGBT media watchdog organization, shared “serious concerns being voiced from members of the community” about the “Quagmire’s Dad” episode.

Award Presenters — who you can expect to see tonight …
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman
Kristen Stewart
Jane Fonda
Jennifer Garner
Kerry Washington
Michael Douglas
Jamie Foxx
Paul Rudd
Salma Hayek Pinault
Melissa Mccarthy
Liam Neeson
John Travolta
Ben Affleck
Jessica Chastain
Jennifer Lawrence
Halle Berry
Sandra Bullock
Nicole Kidman
Reese Witherspoon
The cast of Chicago — Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere and Queen Latifah
Charlize Theron (making a “special appearance”)
Channing Tatum (making a “special appearance”)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (making a “special appearance”)
Daniel Radcliffe (making a “special appearance”)
Marvel’s The Avengers cast mates Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo
Meryl Streep
Jean Dujardin
Octavia Spencer
Christopher Plummer
Mark Wahlberg and his teddy bear co-star Ted

Performers
Celebration of Movie Musicals: Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) join this year’s Oscar nominees from Les Miserables, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway along with co-stars Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks and Helena Bonham Carter
Barbra Streisand
Norah Jones will perform “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from the motion picture Ted
Adele will perform the Oscar-nominated theme song from Skyfall

Nominations
Amour – Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz
Argo – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained – Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone
Les Misérables – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi – Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark
Lincoln – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook – Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, and Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Ellison

Best Director
Michael Haneke – Amour
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Pat Solitano Jr.
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell
Denzel Washington – Flight as William “Whip” Whitaker

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour as Anne Laurent
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy
Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin – Argo as Lester Siegel
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Pat Solitano Sr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained as Dr. King Schultz

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd
Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine
Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook as Dolores Solitano

RESOURCES …
Academy Awards Official Website — oscar.go.com

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