The Academy Awards weren't always a reason to party hard on a Sunday night. In what year were the Oscars first televised?

The first Oscar broadcast to be televised hit the airwaves on March 19, 1953. The awards were shown on NBC. "From Here to Eternity" took home the top prize, while William Holden, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, and Donna Reed took home Oscars for acting.

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