Even if the big show doesn’t take place because of the Writers Strike, you can still enjoy TCM’s annual “31 Days of Oscar” event, which kicks off Friday, Feb. 1. Turner Classic Movies will show 350 Oscar-winning movies during the month including daytime “theme” events. In primetime, Mondays will feature movies from the 1920s and 1930s; Tuesdays, flicks from the 1940s; Wednesdays, movies from the 1950s; Thursdays, movies from the 1960s; Fridays, movies from the tremendous 1970s; Saturdays, flicks from the 1980s and Sundays, movies from the 1990s on.
If the Academy Awards go on as scheduled, thanks to a resolution of the strike, they will take place on Sunday, Feb. 24, 8pm, on ABC.
Here are a few flicks I’m planning to watch (or record) during week one:

Fri. Feb. 1, 10:15pm The Hospital, a satire starring George C. Scott
Sat., Feb. 2, 4:15pm 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6:30pm: War of the Worlds
11:15pm Atlantic City
Sun., Feb. 3 8pm, Sense and Sensibility
Tues. Feb. 5, 12:15pm, The 400 Blows
6pm, The Sterile Cuckoo
Wed. Feb. 6, 7am Five Star Final
8:30am, The Front Page
Thurs. Feb. 7, 3:15am The Reivers
3:15pm A Farewell to Arms

For the complete schedule, check out the TCM website