Posted by Larry Gleeson
HOST CONAN O’BRIEN AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS RAJ KAPOOR AND KATY MULLAN ARE REUNITING FOR 98TH OSCARS
JEFF ROSS AND MIKE SWEENEY RETURN AS PRODUCERS
THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 15, 2026, ON ABC
LOS ANGELES, CA – For a second consecutive yr, Emmy® Award-winning tv host, author, producer and comic Conan O’Brien will return to host the Oscars® broadcast, and Emmy Award-winning dwell tv occasion producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan return because the present’s government producers for the third consecutive yr, Academy CEO Invoice Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang introduced immediately. Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney will return as producers for a second time, and Sweeney can even function a author. The 98th Oscars will air dwell on ABC on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
“We’re thrilled to carry again Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff and Mike for the 98th Oscars!” stated Kramer and Yang. “This yr, they produced a massively entertaining and visually beautiful present that celebrated our nominees and the worldwide movie group in essentially the most stunning and impactful means. Conan was the right host – skillfully guiding us by the night with humor, heat and reverence. It’s an honor to be working with them once more.”
“The one purpose I’m internet hosting the Oscars subsequent yr is that I wish to hear Adrien Brody end his speech,” stated O’Brien.
“Conan delivered an unforgettable efficiency at ‘The Oscars,’ and we’re honored to have him and the manufacturing group again subsequent yr,” stated Craig Erwich, president of Disney Tv Group. “Conan’s distinctive comedic fashion completely captured the second, and I’m excited to have his abilities again onstage subsequent yr to helm one other indelible efficiency.”
“We’re each so honored to be returning in our roles for the 98th Oscars,” stated Kapoor and Mullan. “We are able to’t wait to work with Conan and his total group as we proceed to discover much more particular and heartfelt alternatives to rejoice subsequent yr’s nominees and the impression of movie all over the world.”
Hosted by O’Brien, the 97th Oscars, held earlier this month on March 2, delivered a five-year excessive in each complete viewers (19.69 million) and adults 18-49 (4.54 score) and ranked because the primary primetime leisure telecast in each complete viewers and adults for the 2024-2025 season. The 97th Oscars earned 104.2 million complete social interactions, rating because the primary most social TV program season-to-date, outperforming each “The Grammy Awards” (102.2 million interactions) and “The Tremendous Bowl” (62.4 million) this season for the primary time on file.
O’Brien is finest recognized for internet hosting the late-night speak reveals “Late Evening with Conan O’Brien,” “The Tonight Present with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan.” Earlier than his greater than two-decade internet hosting profession, he served as a author for “Saturday Evening Dwell” and “The Simpsons.” At present, O’Brien hosts the “Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal” podcast, MAX journey present “Conan O’Brien Should Go” and has a supporting position within the function movie “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” He has received 5 Primetime Emmys® and earned 31 nominations for his work.
Kapoor has earned eight Emmy Award nominations and received Emmys for his work on the 96th Oscars and for government producing the Excellent Selection Particular (Pre-Recorded) “Adele: One Evening Solely.” Along with a number of Oscars reveals, Kapoor’s credit embrace “The Grammy Awards®,” “ACM Awards,” “Latin Grammys,” “The Emmy Awards,” “Hannah Waddingham: Residence for Christmas,” “Magnificence and the Beast: A thirtieth Celebration,” “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter” and “The Paris Olympics LA28 Handover Closing Ceremony.”
Mullan is an government producer, showrunner and companion of the worldwide dwell occasion manufacturing firm Carried out + Dusted. Her work in dwell leisure ranges from producing the London Olympics opening and shutting ceremonies to “The Little Mermaid Dwell!.” She received an Emmy for the 96th Oscars, and her different credit embrace “Hannah Waddingham: Residence for Christmas,” “Magnificence and the Beast: A thirtieth Celebration,” “Step Into…The Films,” a number of Christmas and New Yr’s Eve tv specials and the “Disney Household Singalong” franchise.
Ross is a producer whose credit embrace “Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal,” “Conan O’Brien Should Go,” “Conan With out Borders,” “Conan,” “The Tonight Present with Conan O’Brien”, “Late Evening with Conan O’Brien” and “The Youngsters within the Corridor.” He has received a Primetime Emmy and earned 15 nominations for his work.
Sweeney is a producer, author and director whose credit embrace “Conan O’Brien Should Go,” “Conan,” “The Tonight Present with Conan O’Brien” and “Late Evening with Conan O’Brien.” He has received three Primetime Emmys and earned 22 nominations for his work.
The 98th Oscars might be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, on the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and might be televised dwell on ABC and in additional than 200 territories worldwide.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences is residence to a world membership of greater than 10,500 of essentially the most completed movie business artists and leaders. The Academy acknowledges and celebrates all points of the humanities and sciences of moviemaking by famend awards for cinematic achievement, together with the Oscars®. With the biggest film-related assortment on the planet, the Academy is a pacesetter within the fields of conservation, preservation and exhibition of film-related objects and supplies. By means of its Academy Museum of Movement Photos, the Academy presents highly effective exhibitions, screenings and applications about cinema’s previous, current, and future. The Academy additionally conjures up younger artists and creates alternatives for underrepresented communities to interact with the movie world. Throughout all initiatives, the Academy connects world audiences – its members, the movie business, and movie followers – by their shared ardour for making and watching movies.
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