https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87xr2yyzq0o#:~:text=Comedian%20Conan%20O'Brien%20will,Jimmy%20Kimmel%20in%20the%20role.

Comedian Conan O'Brien will host the 2025 Oscar awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. This is O'Brien's first time hosting the biggest night on the US entertainment calendar, following two consecutive years of late-night television star Jimmy Kimmel in the role.

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It’ll be sad when Jay Leno shoves him aside and takes the job.

Conan O'Brien on hosting the Oscars in the aftermath of Los Angeles wildfires: "It’s not the easiest assignment I’ve ever had but I’m embracing it" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/conan-obrien-oscars-2025-plans-los-angeles-wildfires-1236117602/)

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The Oscars have struggled with forgettable hosts, awkward monologues, and declining viewership—but Conan O’Brien might just be the perfect solution.


1:00 - Nail the monologue
2:33 - Deal with the unpredictable
4:28 - Alienating the room
7:12 - Keeping the energy alive


Oscars telecast was down 7% (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/04/oscars-telecast-ratings-fall-7-to-18m-viewers#:~:text=Viewership%20for%20the%20telecast%20of,stream%20was%20dogged%20by%20problems.)

Viewership (https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1j2zpvd/oscars_hit_181_million_viewers_down_7_from_last/) for the telecast of this year's (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/) Oscars ceremony (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-2025-97th-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-sciences-ampas-academy-oscar-awards-show-official-live-viewing-thread.5851417/) was down (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1j2zq9y/2025_oscars_score_18_million_viewers_down_7_from/) 7% from 2024 (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/35343661-oscars-attract-18m-viewers-significant-drop-from-2024), according to figures from Nielsen. After three consecutive years of growth, viewership slipped to just over 18m (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/oscar-2025-ratings-down-7-to-18-million-viewers-continuing-steady-decline-but-still-highest-rated-network-show-of-2025.5852326/) in the US, across network ABC and the Oscars' new online partner, Hulu – whose stream was dogged by problems.


Conan O'Brien looked like an Oscars-hosting veteran with his ability to balance the silly with the serious (https://www.yahoo.com/news/conan-o-brien-understood-assignment-032422588.html)

Oscars' In Memoriam continues big omissions (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-trachtenberg-snubbed-oscars-in-memoriam-1236152583/)