Conan O'Brien will return as a host for the 2026 oscars

The Oscar Academy (AMPAS) announced that, after the acclaimed Oscar 2025 ceremony, which he obtained higher audience rates For a television broadcast in five years, Conan O'Brien will return as a host of the 98th edition. The next oscars will be delivered on March 15, 2026 (Official site).

In addition to O'Brien, Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan will return as executive producers, and Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney as producers.

The 2025 Oscars, who saw the independent movie Aor Erying as the great winner of the 97th edition, had an audience of 19.7 million viewers in their transmission in ABC and Hulu in the United States.

The figure marked the highest audience of the last five years for the Oscar, and marked a 1% audience increase with respect to the 2024 ceremony (19.5 million). The 2023 ceremony registered 18.8 million viewers. The 2021 ceremony, which had no host due to the pandemic for the COVID-19, registered an audience of 10.4 million. The following year, “the year of Will Smith's slapping to Chris Rock,” increased 16.6 million viewers.

O'Brien's driving was praised by spectators and critics as one of the most prominent moments of the gala, from his introduction to the ceremony emerging from Demi Moore's body in an image that referred to The Substance, And his little musical that included the worm of Dune: Part Two –Two things that, by the way, reminded us of the ceremonies of the early 2000s where creativity prevailed– Until his short but effective jokes of Karla Sofía Gascón's controversy, her exchange of words with Adam Sandlerand the interaction with the public present in the Dolby Theater.

On the return of O'Brien, and the producers, the CEO of the Academy, Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang, said in an official statement:

“We are delighted to bring Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff and Mike back for the 98th edition of the Oscar. This year, they produced an extremely entertaining and visually shocking show that celebrated our nominated and the world cinematographic community in the most beautiful and shocking way. Conan was the perfect host, guiding us with great skill during the evening with humor, warmth and reverence. With them. “

O'Brien, he joked:

“The only reason I will present the Oscars next year is because I want to listen to Adrien Brody to finish his speech.”