This time round, Conan O’Brien should keep.
The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences CEO Invoice Kramer and President Janet Yang introduced on Monday, March 17, only a couple weeks after the 2025 Academy Awards, that the Emmy Award-winning author, producer and comic will return because the host of the 98th Oscars, reuniting with the Emmy-winning govt producer duo Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. Longtime O’Brien colleagues Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney may also return as producers, with the latter additionally serving as a author for the present.
The 2025 Oscars, O’Brien’s first time internet hosting the present, was watched by 19.69 million viewers — a five-year excessive for the telecast. The previous late night time host for NBC and TBS additionally acquired constructive critiques throughout the board, notably being extra engaged with the nominees than his Oscars predecessor Jimmy Kimmel, and fewer political.
“We’re thrilled to deliver again Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff and Mike for the 98th Oscars!” stated Kramer and Yang through assertion. “This yr, they produced a massively entertaining and visually gorgeous present that celebrated our nominees and the worldwide movie neighborhood in essentially the most stunning and impactful approach. Conan was the proper host — skillfully guiding us by the night with humor, heat and reverence. It’s an honor to be working with them once more.”
For his a part of the announcement O’Brien stated, “the one cause I’m internet hosting the Oscars subsequent yr is that I need to hear Adrien Brody end his speech,” in reference to “The Brutalist” star’s record-breaking runtime for accepting the Oscar for Finest Actor.
“Conan delivered an unforgettable efficiency at ‘The Oscars,’ and we’re honored to have him and the manufacturing workforce again subsequent yr,” stated Craig Erwich, president of Disney Tv Group. “Conan’s distinctive comedic fashion completely captured the second, and I’m excited to have his abilities again onstage subsequent yr to helm one other indelible efficiency.”
In the meantime, govt producers Kapoor and Mullan stated “we’re each so honored to be returning in our roles for the 98th Oscars,” and added, “we will’t wait to work with Conan and his complete workforce as we proceed to discover much more particular and heartfelt alternatives to rejoice subsequent yr’s nominees and the impression of movie all over the world.”
The 98th Oscars might be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and might be televised stay on ABC and in additional than 200 territories worldwide.