10 Changes The Oscars Desperately Needs To Make

10. Permanently Go Hostless

The Academy’s idea of what a host is is incredibly strange. This year, we saw Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph open the show by proclaiming that they weren’t our hosts, but then proceeded to give a short and sweet version of an opening monologue that a host would usually do anyway…

Regardless, the hosts of the Oscars always end up being more trouble than they're worth. Unless the Academy manages to get a consistent comedian to take the gig for years on end like the golden years of Billy Crystal, or an actual A-lister that will bring the viewers (please not Anne Hathaway and James Franco, though), having a late night TV host that viewers can see any night of the week elongate the show with lengthy speeches and gimmicks just isn’t what we want anymore.

The hostless method went smoothly this year; why not keep it?