Conan O’Brien to Host the 2027 Oscars for Third Consecutive Year

Yara Sameh

Conan O’Brien has been tapped for the third consecutive year to host next year’s Oscars.

Also returning are live TV event producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, who serve as the show’s executive producers for the fourth consecutive year.

O’Brien’s producers, Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney, will also return as producers for the third time with Sweeney as weiter.

Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor announced the news Tuesday afternoon, tied to the Disney upfronts in New York.

The penultimate Academy Awards for Disney, the 99th Oscars are set to air live on ABC and Hulu from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 14, 2027, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

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O’Brien earned high marks again for his second year hosting the ceremony back in March.

Even a day after the telecast, Walt Disney TV exec VP, unscripted and alternative entertainment, Rob Mills told Variety that they were game to bring O’Brien back.

After the kudocast ended with a gag that suggested O’Brien was “Oscars host for life," Mills said it wasn’t a joke.

"Conan is host for life, yes,” he said at the time. “He hasn’t even accepted yet. He’s just being told. We’re assuming that was not a comedy bit. We’re going to treat that as if that was a fact.”

O’Brien has hosted the late night talkers “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan,” and now hosts the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast and the HBO travel show “Conan O’Brien Must Go.”

He has won six Primetime Emmys and earned 33 nominations, including a nomination for the Oscars.

Disney holds the rights to the Oscars through the event’s landmark 100th edition in 2028.

After that, the telecast will move to YouTube — and a new home at the Peacock Theatre in downtown Los Angeles in 2029.