Cika wannan jumla:
Na farko Academy Awards, babu wani Oscar pre-nuna. Maimakon haka, masu daukar hoto da masu hira za su kusanci wadanda aka zaba a bikin da sauran masu halarta kamar yadda aka saba. Koyaya, ba a watsa waɗannan abubuwan a talabijin ko ji a rediyo ba kafin bikin. A shekarar 1979, Regis Philbin ya fara aikin farfajiyar farar fata ta farko. Koyaya, KABC-TV, tashar ABC O&amp;O a Los Angeles ce ta samar da wannan taron, kuma ba a watsa shi a wani wuri ba. Shekaru goma bayan haka, a cikin 1989, duka MTV da Movie Time (wanda ya zama E! shekara guda daga baya) sun fara gabatar da alfarwa mai launin ja tare da mai da hankali kan salon. Zai wuce wani shekaru goma, a cikin 1999, lokacin da AMPAS a ƙarshe ya samar da kansa ja kafet pre-show zuwa iska a kan ABC.