Conan O'Brien will return as Oscars host for the third consecutive year

Comedian Conan O’Brien volition instrumentality to big the 99th Academy Awards acceptable for March 14.

O’Brien, known for his self-deprecating humor, emceed the Oscars this twelvemonth and successful 2025.

“Conan has created singular vigor astir the Oscars,” President of Disney Television Group Craig Erwich said successful a connection Tuesday announcing O’Brien’s return. “His singular comedic dependable makes Hollywood’s biggest nighttime 1 of the astir entertaining celebrations of the year. We’re arrogant to invited him backmost and look guardant to what helium and the producing squad present next.”

Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan are acceptable to instrumentality arsenic the show’s enforcement producers for the 4th consecutive year.

Major changes are successful store for the amusement industry’s biggest night.

Starting successful 2029, the Oscars volition determination from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, its location for astir a 4th century, to the L.A. Live successful downtown Los Angeles. The ceremonial volition besides watercourse connected YouTube, ending a five-decade tally connected ABC, opening that year.

Oscars viewership has been successful flux arsenic younger audiences similar to presumption clips of the ceremonial connected societal media, alternatively than connected television.

ABC’s telecast of the 2026 ceremonial averaged 17.9 cardinal viewers, down 9% from the erstwhile year, erstwhile it garnered 19.7 cardinal viewers. Ratings for the Oscars reached an all-time debased of 10.5 cardinal viewers successful 2021.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Chief Executive Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor announced the quality astatine its upfront presumption Tuesday.