80th Academy Awards

80th Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	February 24, 2008
Site	Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Jon Stewart
Preshow host(s)	Samantha Harris Regis Philbin Shaun Robinson
Produced by	Gil Cates
Directed by	Louis J. Horvitz
Highlights
Best Picture	No Country for Old Men
Most awards	No Country for Old Men (4)
Most nominations	No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood (8)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 21 minutes
Ratings	32 million 18.7% (Nielsen ratings)
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The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2007 and took on place February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J, Horvitz. Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 78th ceremony held in 2006. Two weeks earlier in a gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 9, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Alba.

No Country for Old Men won the most awards of the ceremony with four including Best Picture. Other winners included The Bourne Ultimatum with three awards, La Vie en rose (La Môme) and There Will Be Blood with two awards, and Atonement, The Counterfeiters, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Freeheld, The Golden Compass, Juno, Michael Clayton, The Mozart of Pickpockets, Once, Peter and the Wolf, Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Taxi to the Dark Side with one. The telecast garnered under 32 million viewers, making it the least watched Oscar broadcast since 1974, when Nielsen began keeping records of viewership.