There is something weirdly comical, if unbearably sad, about the decision of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to move the categories of cinematography and editing out of the main broadcast.
There are exactly two parts of moviemaking which are unique to cinema: Cinematography and editing. Pretty much everything else is borrowed from other forms of entertainment.
Of course the reason AMPAS is doing this is so that audiences at home can better focus on watching glamorous movie stars walk up the aisle to accept their statuettes. In other words, the Academy is making a decision to downplay the actual knowledge and understanding of the craft of movie making, in favor of whatever can get the highest ratings as TV spectacle.
Imagine if we elected our presidents not on their actual knowledge and understanding of the craft of government, but only on their ability to get high ratings as TV spectacle. In a few short years our country would become the laughingstock of the world.
Oh wait, we already do that. Never mind.