Kammala wannan magana: A cikin hasken rikodin karancin masu kallo daga bikin shekarar da ta gabata, Kwalejin ta nemi yin canje-canje da yawa da kuma daukar sabon mai samarwa don wasan kwaikwayo mai zuwa. AMPAS ta sanar da cewa ba kamar shekarun baya ba inda aka gudanar da bikin a ƙarshen Maris ko farkon Afrilu, za a gudanar da bukukuwan a ƙarshen Fabrairu. Daraktan sadarwa na AMPAS John Pavlik ya bayyana cewa manufar canja watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin wata ɗaya da wuri shi ne "don ƙarfafa ƙarancin kallon talabijin na bikin da kuma kare matsayin Oscar a matsayin babban taron bayar da kyaututtuka na ƙasar". Duk da cewa jami'an Kwalejin da yawa sun musanta irin waɗannan dalilan, wasu masu ba da labari a cikin masana'antar sun yi hasashen cewa an aiwatar da kwanan watan Oscar na baya don rage zafin kamfen da matsa lamba a lokacin Oscar da kamfanonin fina-finai suka gabatar. Wannan shi ne karo na farko tun lokacin da
14th bikin cewa an gudanar da lambobin yabo a waje da lokacin da aka ambata.