| Date | Awards for | Location (#) | Your Host(s) (#) |
| 1st | 16 May 1929 | 1927-28 | A Banquet at the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (1) | Academy President Douglas Fairbanks (1) & Chairman William C. DeMille (1) |
| 2nd | 30 April 1930 | 1928-29 | A Banquet at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (1) | Academy President William C. DeMille (2) |
| 3rd | 5 November 1930 | 1929-30 | A Banquet at the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (1) | Conrad Nagel (1) |
| 4th | 10 November 1931 | 1930-31 | A Banquet at the Sala D'Oro Room of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (1) | Lawrence Grant (1) |
| 5th | 18 November 1932 | 1931-32 | A Banquet at the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (2) | Academy President Conrad Nagel (2) |
| 6th | 16 March 1934 | 1932-33 | A Banquet at the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (3) | Will Rogers (1) |
| 7th | 27 February 1935 | 1934 | A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (1) | Irwin S. Cobb (1) |
| 8th | 5 March 1936 | 1935 | A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (2) | Academy President Frank Capra (1) |
| 9th | 4 March 1937 | 1936 | A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (3) | George Jessel (1) |
| 10th | 10 March 1938 | 1937 | A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (4) | Bob "Bazooka" Burns (1) |
| 11th | 23 February 1939 | 1938 | A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (5) | Academy President Frank Capra (2) |
| 12th | 29 February 1940 | 1939 | A Banquet at the Coconut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (2) | Bob Hope (1) |
| 13th | 27 February 1941 | 1940 | A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (6) | Academy President Walter Wanger (1) |
| 14th | 26 February 1942 | 1941 | A Dinner at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles (7) | Bob Hope (2) |
| 15th | 4 March 1943 | 1942 | A Banquet at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (3) | Bob Hope (3) |
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| 16th | 2 March 1944 | 1943 | Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood (1) | Jack Benny (1) |
| 17th | 15 March 1945 | 1944 | Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood (2) | John Cromwell (1) & Bob Hope (4) |
| 18th | 7 March 1946 | 1945 | Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood (3) | Bob Hope (5) & James Stewart (1) |
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| 19th | 13 March 1947 | 1946 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (1) | Jack Benny (2) |
| 20th | 20 March 1948 | 1947 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (2) | Dick Powell (1) & Agnes Moorehead (1) |
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| 21st | 24 March 1949 | 1948 | The Academy Theatre, Hollywood (1) | Robert Montgomery (1) |
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| 22nd | 23 March 1950 | 1949 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (1) | Paul Douglas (1) |
| 23rd | 29 March 1951 | 1950 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (2) | Fred Astaire (1) |
| 24th | 20 March 1952 | 1951 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (3) | Danny Kaye (1) |
| 25th | 19 March 1953 | 1952 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (4), & The NBC Century Theatre, New York (1) | Bob Hope in Hollywood (6) & Conrad Nagel (3) in New York - Televised over NBC |
| 26th | 25 March 1954 | 1953 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (5), & The NBC Century Theatre, New York (2) | Donald O'Connor in Hollywood (1) & Fredric March (1) in New York - Televised over NBC |
| 27th | 30 March 1955 | 1954 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (6), & The NBC Century Theatre, New York (3) | Bob Hope in Hollywood (7) & Thelma Ritter (1) in New York - Televised over NBC |
| 28th | 21 March 1956 | 1955 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (7), & The NBC Century Theatre, New York (4) | Jerry Lewis in Hollywood (1) and Claudette Colbert (1) & Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1) in New York - Televised over NBC |
| 29th | 27 March 1957 | 1956 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (8), & The NBC Century Theatre, New York (5) | Jerry Lewis in Hollywood (2) & Celeste Holm (1) in New York - Televised over NBC |
| 30th | 26 March 1958 | 1957 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (9) | Bob Hope (8), Rosalind Russell (1), David Niven (1) & Jack Lemmon (1) - Televised over NBC |
| 31st | 6 April 1959 | 1958 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (10) | Bob Hope (9), David Niven (2), Tony Randall (1), Mort Sahl (1), Laurence Olivier (1) & Jerry Lewis (3) - Televised over NBC |
| 32nd | 4 April 1960 | 1959 | The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood (11) | Bob Hope (10) - Televised over ABC |
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| 33rd | 17 April 1961 | 1960 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (1) | Bob Hope (11) - Televised over ABC |
| 34th | 9 April 1962 | 1961 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (2) | Bob Hope (12) - Televised over ABC |
| 35th | 8 April 1963 | 1962 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (3) | Frank Sinatra (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 36th | 13 April 1964 | 1963 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (4) | Jack Lemmon (2) - Televised over ABC |
| 37th | 5 April 1965 | 1964 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (5) | Bob Hope (13) - Televised over ABC |
| 38th | 18 April 1966 | 1965 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica | Bob Hope (14) - Televised over ABC |
| 39th | 10 April 1967 | 1966 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (6) | Bob Hope (15) - Televised over ABC |
| 40th | 10 April 1968 | 1967 | The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (7) | Bob Hope (16) - Televised over ABC |
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| 41st | 14 April 1969 | 1968 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (1) | The Friends of Oscar® - Ingrid Bergman (1), Sidney Poitier (1), Jane Fonda (1), Frank Sinatra (2), Natalie Wood (1), Walter Matthau (1), Diahann Carroll (1), Tony Curtis (1), Rosalind Russell (2) & Burt Lancaster (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 42nd | 7 April 1970 | 1969 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (2) | The Friends of Oscar® - Claudia Cardinale (1), Elliott Gould (1), Myrna Loy (1), Barbara McNair (1), Jon Voight (1), Fred Astaire (2), Elizabeth Taylor (1), Ali MacGraw (1), Cliff Robertson (1), Katharine Ross (1), James Earl Jones (1), Candice Bergen (1), Raquel Welch (1), Clint Eastwood (1), John Wayne (1) & Bob Hope (17) - Televised over ABC |
| 43rd | 15 April 1971 | 1970 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (3) | Burt Bacharach (1), Harry Belafonte (1), Richard Benjamin (1), Joan Blondell (1), Jim Brown (1), Geneviève Bujold (1), Glenn Campbell (1), Petula Clark (1), Angie Dickinson (1), Melvyn Douglas (1), Lola Falana (1), Janet Gaynor (1), Goldie Hawn (1), Bob Hope (18), John Huston (1), James Earl Jones (2), Shirley Jones (1), Sally Kellerman (1), Burt Lancaster (2), John Marley (1), Walter Matthau (2), Steve McQueen (1), Sarah Miles (1), Ricardo Montalban (1), Jeanne Moreau (1), Merle Oberon (1), Ryan O'Neal (1), Gregory Peck (1), Paula Prentiss (1), Eva Marie Saint (1), George Segal (1), Maggie Smith (1) & Gig Young (1) - Televised over NBC |
| 44th | 10 April 1972 | 1971 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (4) | Helen Hayes (1), Alan King (1), Sammy Davis Jr. (1) & Jack Lemmon (3) - Televised over NBC |
| 45th | 27 March 1973 | 1972 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (5) | Carol Burnett (1), Michael Caine (1), Charlton Heston (1) & Rock Hudson (1) - Televised over NBC |
| 46th | 2 April 1974 | 1973 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (6) | John Huston (2), Diana Ross (1), Burt Reynolds (1) & David Niven (3) - Televised over NBC |
| 47th | 8 April 1975 | 1974 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (7) | Sammy Davis Jr. (2), Bob Hope (19), Shirley MacLaine (1) & Frank Sinatra (3) - Televised over NBC |
| 48th | 29 March 1976 | 1975 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (8) | Walter Matthau (3), Robert Shaw (1), George Segal (2), Goldie Hawn (2) & Gene Kelly (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 49th | 29 March 1977 | 1976 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (9) | Richard Pryor (1), Jane Fonda (2), Ellen Burstyn (1) & Warren Beatty (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 50th | 29 March 1978 | 1977 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (10) | Bob Hope (20) - Televised over ABC |
| 51st | 9 April 1979 | 1978 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (11) | Johnny Carson (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 52nd | 14 April 1980 | 1979 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (12) | Johnny Carson (2) - Televised over ABC |
| 53rd | 31 March 1981 | 1980 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (13) | Johnny Carson (3) - Televised over ABC |
| 54th | 29 March 1982 | 1981 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (14) | Johnny Carson (4) - Televised over ABC |
| 55th | 11 April 1983 | 1982 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (15) | Walter Matthau (4), Liza Minnelli (1), Dudley Moore (1) & Richard Pryor (2) - Televised over ABC |
| 56th | 9 April 1984 | 1983 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (16) | Johnny Carson (5) - Televised over ABC |
| 57th | 25 March 1985 | 1984 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (17) | Jack Lemmon (4) - Televised over ABC |
| 58th | 24 March 1986 | 1985 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (18) | Jane Fonda (3), Alan Alda (1) & Robin Williams (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 59th | 30 March 1987 | 1986 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (19) | Paul Hogan (1), Chevy Chase (1) & Goldie Hawn (3) - Televised over ABC |
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| 60th | 11 April 1988 | 1987 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (3) | Chevy Chase (2) - Televised over ABC |
| 61st | 29 March 1989 | 1988 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (4) | Televised over ABC (Yes, this is the Snow White/Rob Lowe ceremonies!) |
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| 62nd | 26 March 1990 | 1989 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (20) | Billy Crystal (1) - Televised over ABC |
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| 63rd | 25 March 1991 | 1990 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (5) | Billy Crystal (2) - Televised over ABC |
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| 64th | 30 March 1992 | 1991 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (21) | Billy Crystal (3) - Televised over ABC |
| 65th | 29 March 1993 | 1992 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (22) | Billy Crystal (4) - Televised over ABC |
| 66th | 21 March 1994 | 1993 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (23) | Whoopi Goldberg (1) - Televised over ABC |
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| 67th | 27 March 1995 | 1994 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (6) | David Letterman (1) - Televised over ABC |
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| 68th | 25 March 1996 | 1995 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (24) | Whoopi Goldberg (2) - Televised over ABC |
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| 69th | 24 March 1997 | 1996 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (7) | Billy Crystal (5) - Televised over ABC |
| 70th | 23 March 1998 | 1997 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (8) | Billy Crystal (6) - Televised over ABC |
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| 71st | 21 March 1999 | 1998 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (25) | Whoopi Goldberg (3) - Televised over ABC |
| 72nd | 26 March 2000 | 1999 | The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (26) | Billy Crystal (7) - Televised over ABC |
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| 73rd | 25 March 2001 | 2000 | The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (9) | Steve Martin (1) - Televised over ABC |
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| 74th | 24 March 2002 | 2001 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (1) | Whoopi Goldberg (4) - Televised over ABC |
| 75th | 23 March 2003 | 2002 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (2) | Steve Martin (2) - Televised over ABC |
| 76th | 29 February 2004 | 2003 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (3) | Billy Crystal (8) - Televised over ABC |
| 77th | 27 February 2005 | 2004 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (4) | Chris Rock (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 78th | 5 March 2006 | 2005 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (5) | Jon Stewart (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 79th | 25 February 2007 | 2006 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (6) | Ellen DeGeneres (1) - Televised over ABC |
| 80th | 24 February 2008 | 2007 | The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles (7) | Jon Stewart (2) - Televised over ABC |