The organization must be hoping that the third time's a charm for the veteran host who fronted the telecast in 2017 and 2018.
The first time Kimmel fronted the telecast, he managed one of the most bizarre incidents in Oscar history, “Envelopegate,” and while newly installed president“We felt like we needed someone who could definitely handle the show,” Yang told. “We’ve experimented with a couple of other ways of approaching it — having no hosts, having multiple hosts — but we felt Jimmy was the perfect person to ground the show this year.
Yang declined to comment on specific plans for how the show will change but teased “some really interesting things” that will be revealed in the not-to-distant future. “The biggest lesson is that the Academy and the Oscars still really matter — big time. The Oscars are like the sun in a constellation of so many other events that revolve around what we do. That’s a big responsibility and we really want to maintain that caliber of excellence and joy.
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