Jimmy Kimmel is BACK as host of the Oscars! The Late Night star will host the 2024 Academy Awards, making it his FOURTH time at the honors

Jimmy Kimmel was tapped to host the 96th Academy Awards, which will be held at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, March 10, 2024.

This is the fourth time the late-night comedian has hosted the ceremony, having previously taken on the task in 2017, 2018 and 2023.

The TV host, who also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012, 2016 and 2020, increased viewership “to nearly 19 million” from 16.6 million the year before, when Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer presented, according to the New York newspaper New York. Time.

In 2021, when the show had no host, its viewership dropped to its lowest of all time, with just 10.4 million viewers.

Before 2018, the “broadcast had never dropped below 32 million.”