Conan O'Brien to return as host of the 2026 Oscars

LOS ANGELES -- Conan O'Brien is returning to the Oscars signifier to big the 98th Oscars connected March 15, 2025, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday.

"The lone crushed I'm hosting 'The Oscars' adjacent twelvemonth is that I privation to perceive Adrien Brody decorativeness his speech," said O'Brien.

Along with O'Brien, Emmy Award-winning unrecorded tv lawsuit producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan instrumentality arsenic the show's enforcement producers for the 3rd consecutive year.

"Conan delivered an unforgettable show astatine 'The Oscars,' and we're honored to person him and the producing squad backmost adjacent year," said Craig Erwich, president of Disney Television Group. "Conan's unsocial comedic benignant perfectly captured the moment, and I'm excited to person his talents backmost onstage adjacent twelvemonth to helm different indelible performance."

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O'Brien is champion known for hosting "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" from 1993 to 2009, stepping successful aft David Letterman's departure, and "Conan" from 2010 to 2021. Prior to that, helium was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" and "The Simpsons."

The 97th Academy Awards ceremonial drew an estimated 19.69 cardinal viewers, delivering a five-year precocious successful full viewers and standing among adults ages 18-49.

The 98th Academy Awards volition instrumentality spot connected Sunday, March 15, 2026, unrecorded from the Dolby Theatre astatine Ovation Hollywood astatine 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PT connected ABC.