Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight yr and fourth time total, the Academy of Movement Photos Arts and Sciences introduced Wednesday.
ABC is popping once more to its late-night host a yr after bringing Kimmel again for a 2023 ceremony that drew 18.7 million viewers, essentially the most since 2020’s pre-pandemic broadcast. Within the wake of Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock on the 2022 Oscars, Kimmel led a cautious ceremony that helped stabilize the Academy Awards after years of turmoil.
Kimmel additionally hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018.
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Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks on the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 4, 2018. Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards, the Academy of Movement Photos Arts and Sciences introduced Wednesday. (Photograph by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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“I all the time dreamed of internet hosting the Oscars precisely 4 occasions,” Kimmel stated in an announcement.
Although the comedian is inching up within the document books, he is nonetheless an extended methods from essentially the most frequent Oscar emcee. That title belongs to Bob Hope, who hosted a document 19 occasions both solo or as a co-host. Billy Crystal hosted 9 occasions all between 1990 and 2012.
The movie academy earlier introduced that Raj Kapoor will function government producer and showrunner, Katy Mullan will government produce and Hamish Hamilton will direct. They’re going to be joined by Molly McNearney, government producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell” and Kimmel’s spouse, who will return for a second consecutive yr to function an government producer for the present.
“Jimmy has cemented himself as one of many all-time nice Oscars hosts along with his good mix of humanity and humor, and Molly is likely one of the finest stay TV producers round,” Kapoor and Mullan stated in an announcement.
The 96th Academy Awards will air stay on ABC on March 10 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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