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It’s a threepeat! Conan O’Brien will return arsenic big of nan Oscars for a 3rd consecutive year. Also backmost successful their 4th consecutive twelvemonth arsenic executive producers are Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. The 99th Academy Awards will aerial unrecorded connected ABC and Hulu connected March 14, 2027.
ABC was not believed to person an action connected O’Brien for a 3rd stint arsenic Oscar host. (The comedian did person 1 successful his original woody to emcee nan 2024 awards, sources said.)
But, contempt a ratings dip this year, O’Brien has been praised for his capacity some times, truthful ABC brass were keen connected getting him back.
“Conan has, obviously, a opinionated connection to big arsenic agelong arsenic he wants,” Rob Mills, EVP Unscripted & Alternative Entertainment astatine Walt Disney Television, told Deadline nan greeting aft nan 2026 Academy Awards. “100% we’d emotion him back.”
At nan extremity of nan 2026 Oscars, O’Brien “signed-off” arsenic big pinch a One Battle After Another-inspired sketch successful which he was appointed “Oscars big for life” only to beryllium killed, pinch his assemblage hauled distant and incinerated and Mr. Beast named his successor arsenic Oscars big for life.
“Conan has created singular power astir The Oscars,” President of Disney Television Group Craig Erwich said. “His singular comedic sound makes Hollywood’s biggest nighttime 1 of nan astir entertaining celebrations of nan year. We’re proud to invited him backmost and look guardant to what he and nan producing squad present next.”
Also returning adjacent twelvemonth are Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney arsenic Oscars producers for a 3rd time. Sweeney will besides service arsenic a writer.
“We are thrilled to beryllium moving again pinch Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff and Mike for nan 99th Oscars,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor. “They are an unthinkable squad and person produced specified captivating, entertaining and heartfelt shows complete nan past 2 years. We are truthful grateful for their ongoing business arsenic we grant our world movie organization — and we look guardant to Conan superbly starring nan ceremony pinch his brilliance and humor.”
O’Brien is champion known for hosting nan late-night talk shows Late Night pinch Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show pinch Conan O’Brien and Conan. Currently, he hosts nan Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast and nan HBO recreation show Conan O’Brien Must Go. He has won six Primetime Emmys and earned 33 nominations, including a information for his activity connected nan Oscars.
Kapoor has earned 9 Emmy Award nominations and won Emmys for his activity connected nan 96th Oscars and for executive producing nan Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Adele: One Night Only. Mullan is simply a partner astatine nan world unrecorded arena accumulation institution Done + Dusted. She earned 2 Emmy nominations for her activity connected nan Oscars and won for nan 96th Oscars show.
Ross is simply a shaper whose credits see Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Conan O’Brien Must Go, Conan Without Borders, Conan, The Tonight Show pinch Conan O’Brien, and Late Night pinch Conan O’Brien. Sweeney’s credits see Conan O’Brien Must Go, Conan, The Tonight Show pinch Conan O’Brien and Late Night pinch Conan O’Brien.
The 99th Oscars will beryllium held connected Sunday, March 14, 2027, astatine nan Dolby Theatre astatine Ovation Hollywood and will beryllium televised unrecorded connected ABC, streamed unrecorded connected Hulu, and aired successful much than 200 territories worldwide.
