Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the 2024 Oscars, which will be held March 10, 2024, at its usual home, the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It will mark Kimmel’s fourth time as host. Kimmel first hosted the Oscars in 2017, the year of the debacle in which La La Land was announced in error as the best picture winner, before Moonlight was declared the actual winner.
Despite that snafu, Kimmel returned to host the show in 2018 and 2023.
Kimmel, 56, will become only the sixth person to host the Oscars four or more times. Bob Hope hosted the show 19 times, followed by Billy Crystal (nine), Johnny Carson (five), and Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Lemmon and now Kimmel (four each).
The genial TV personality hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012, 2016 and 2020. He has hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! since it debuted on ABC in January 2003, making him the longest-running of all current late-night television hosts in the U.S.
The Oscar ceremony, which will also air on ABC, will be produced by Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, with Hamish Hamilton serving as director. This will be the first Oscars to include new eligibility rules to “improve diversity and inclusion.”
Wednesday (Nov. 15) is the submission deadline for general entry categories. Preliminary voting runs from Dec. 18-21. Oscar shortlists will be announced on Dec. 21. The eligibility period ends Dec. 31.
Nominations-round voting runs from Jan. 11-16, 2024. Nominations will be announced on Jan. 23, 2024. The final round of voting extends from Feb. 22-27.
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