Will Packer, the producer of the 2022 Oscars, addressed the controversy around the Academy’s decision to not present eight crafts categories live during the show
He continued, “When I first got the job, I said, ‘the show typically is around three plus hours. Let’s make it four hours this year,’ and people looked at me and said, ‘Oh gosh, we knew we shouldn’t have hired that guy.’ I said, ‘Too late.
’ But part of the thinking was we’re going to have a four-hour show and we really are, and the show will start in the Dolby and we want to have everyone there with their peers cheering them on, and the televised show does start an hour after that. And this is like any other live show that makes decisions about what’s going to be on the air and what’s going to make the cut.