With nominees for the 94th Oscars set to gather next Monday for the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is attempting to calm the waters about its controversial decision to present eight Oscars ahead of — and then edit their acceptance into — the Oscars telecast on March 27.

In public comments and in private conversations with the nominees, the Academy is emphasizing that–contrary to some interpretations of its Feb 22 statement–the presentation of all 23 Oscars will take place inside the Dolby Theater, in front of a full house, and will air on ABC.

The 8 categories’ nominees’ names will be read from the stage and their winners will be able to give acceptance speech of the same length as any other winner, prior to being escorted, like all winners, to the backstage press room.

In order to keep the show faster-paced and lasting 3 hours, the winners of the specified 8 Oscars will not be shown walking out of their aisle and to the stage.

The most potent and emotional moments of their acceptance speeches will later be woven into the live telecast, as happens at the Tony Awards, and will be visible on large screen in the Dolby when that happens.

The results of the 8 categories in question will be shared by the Academy’s social media accounts as they happen. But they will also be reshared at the moment they appear during the telecast.

The A-list presenters and nominees who usually occupy the front rows at the ceremony will not be seated for these presentations a full hour before the telecast actually goes live. They are given arrival times in order to appear on ABC’s red carpet pre-show, but, upon concluding those appearances, will be escorted into the Dolby and seated between presentations of the 8 awards.

Last year’s Oscars was the lowest-rated in history, with 10.4 million viewers, and the Academy feels pressure from ABC to make the show more entertaining.