If there\u2019s anything anyone can agree on about the 97th and 98th Academy Awards, it\u2019s that Conan O\u2019Brien hosted the hell out of both ceremonies, throwing his entire gangly being into song-and-dance numbers, transatlantic banter, and good old-fashioned Billy Crystal-style montages. And he\u2019ll get a third chance to do so next year: ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that O\u2019Brien will return as Oscars host in 2027.<\/p>\n
The news came during Disney\u2019s annual upfront presentation in New York, where it was revealed that the creative braintrust behind O\u2019Brien\u2019s two previous Oscars\u2014executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, producer Jeff Ross, and producer\/head writer Mike Sweeney\u2014will return as well. And if The A.V. Club may be so bold as to make a suggestion to the Academy: If you really want to keep the magic of the last two years going, hire Podcast: The Ride<\/a> co-host Scott Gairdner as segment director again, and get Toast Of London<\/a>\u2019s Matt Berry back in the announcer\u2019s booth. Stop worrying about making the Oscars relevant to the widest possible audience\u2014keep setting up memorable moments like O\u2019Brien being chased down by the Weapons kids<\/a> and Berry putting that signature Steven Toast mustard on words like \u201cBurger King.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n O\u2019Brien\u2019s third time on the Dolby Theatre stage puts him in league with Steve Martin, David Niven, Jerry Lewis, and Conrad Nagel, all of whom hit the Oscars trifecta prior to the late-night veteran. He\u2019ll have to emcee 17 more times to best Bob Hope\u2019s record for most Oscars hosted\u2014but considering the popularity of Conan O\u2019Brien Needs A Friend and Clueless Gamer on YouTube, he has a pretty good shot at competing with Hope after the ceremony moves to the video-sharing platform in 2029<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 99th Academy Awards will air live on ABC Sunday, March 14, 2027. \u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there\u2019s anything anyone can agree on about the 97th and 98th Academy Awards, it\u2019s that Conan O\u2019Brien…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-667352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}