Conan O’Brien has signed up for a 3rd 12 months as Oscars host, Disney introduced at its upfront presentation on Tuesday.
O’Brien will emcee the 2027 Academy Awards, airing stay on ABC and Hulu on March 14, 2027 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
“Conan has created remarkable energy around the Oscars,” stated Craig Erwich, president of Disney Tv Group. “His singular comedic voice makes Hollywood’s biggest night one of the most entertaining celebrations of the year.”
Along with O’Brien, the Oscars have introduced again producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan for the fourth 12 months in a row, and Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney for the third 12 months in a row. Sweeney will even function a author for the awards.
O’Brien “brings that signature humor everyone loves, along with a real warmth and generosity that carry through the entire show,” stated Kapoor and Mullan. “He’s a true creative partner, someone we trust completely, and someone who makes the whole process genuinely fun, both behind the scenes and onstage. We’re incredibly grateful to keep building this together and can’t wait to share what’s next.”
Movie Academy CEO Invoice Kramer and president Lynette Howell Taylor added of O’Brien and the producers: “They are an incredible team and have produced such captivating, entertaining and heartfelt shows over the last two years. We are so grateful for their ongoing partnership as we honor our global film community — and we look forward to Conan superbly leading the celebration with his brilliance and humor.”
O’Brien emceeing the Oscars for his third 12 months signifies that for the third 12 months in a row, each the Golden Globes and Oscars could have repeat hosts. Two-time Golden Globes emcee Nikki Glaser lately re-upped for a third year as Globes host. Although O’Brien’s 2027 internet hosting gig wasn’t introduced as quick as his 2026 return, which revealed just a bit over two weeks after he hosted the 2025 Oscars, ABC and the Academy have once more locked down the host for Hollywood’s largest evening months forward of the ceremony.
In his review of the 2026 Oscars for The Hollywood Reporter, chief TV critic Dan Fienberg stated O’Brien was “very good” in his second outing as host and predicted “the Academy will be quick to invite him back.”
Speaking to THR for a cover story about O’Brien forward of this 12 months’s Oscars, Ross, the comic’s shut good friend and government producer by way of all three iterations of his time as a chat present host, stated it was O’Brien who initially needed to tackle the Oscars gig, regardless of it being considered by many individuals as a thankless job.
“When the first offer came in, I told him, ‘You don’t need to do this, you’ve got nothing to prove,’ ” Ross informed THR. “When we quit late night, the goal was to only do things that are fun, things that we want to do. Well, this is what Conan wants to do.”
O’Brien, meanwhilem had one other clarification for why he decides to do what he does: “There’s a little bearded Viking inside me. He’s been there since I was 10 years old. And when that Viking decides on something — whether it’s replacing David Letterman with no experience, skiing some advanced slope I have no business going down or hosting the Oscars, that’s what’s going to happen.”
Although the 2025 Oscars saw a ratings increase, logging a post-pandemic excessive of 19.69 million viewers, the 2026 Oscars’ scores dropped to 17.86 million viewers, down roughly 9 % from the totals for the 2025 telecast.
The 99th Oscars would be the second-to-last version of the awards to air on ABC and Hulu, as YouTube is set to air the awards ceremony beginning with its a hundred and first version in 2029. The 2027 Oscars will even be the second-to-last to happen from the ceremony’s longtime home of the Dolby Theatre, with the venue shifting to the Peacock Theater for the a hundred and first Oscars in 2029.
