CNN FlashDoc “Hollywood and the Oscars: Still Golden?” Now Streaming

Subscribe to CNN Press Room Email Updates BROADCAST PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 14 AT 10PM ET/PT NEW YORK, NY – (March 6, 2026) – CNN today announced the premiere of its latest CNN FlashDoc, Hollywood and the Oscars: Still Golden?, a timely deep dive into the making, meaning and future of the Academy Awards. The documentary special is now streaming for CNN’s streaming subscribers and will air Saturday, March 14 at 10pm ET on CNN, on the eve of Hollywood’s biggest night. As the film industry gathers to celebrate its most prestigious honor, Hollywood and the Oscars: Still Golden? traces the history of the Academy Awards through archival moments and expert analysis, from its early beginnings to its most shocking snubs and surprises. It then turns to the present and future, probing the Oscars’ fight to maintain cultural relevance amid shrinking television audiences and a growing divide between the intimate prestige films the Academy tends to honor and the blockbuster fare that draws mainstream moviegoers to theaters. Reporting from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, one of the final and most influential stops on the Oscar campaign trail, the FlashDoc takes viewers behind th