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Kimmel’s Out: Oscars Now Seeking New Host

Alas, after four hosting gigs, Jimmy Kimmel has informed the Academy that he won’t return for the 2025 show. And Mulaney passed, too.

Jimmy Kimmel 96th Annual Oscars
Kimmel has done such a nice job these past few years that I think it’ll be slightly less difficult to find someone than it was in the Seth MacFarlane/Anne Hathaway-James Franco era. Photo: Rich Polk/Variety/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
July 30, 2024

When it comes to the Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel is well on his way to Bob Hope/Johnny Carson/Billy Crystal territory: reliable, familiar, always great, Disney-approved, and a nice balance of goodwill in the room and zingers for the home audience. But alas, after four stints as emcee (2017, 2018, 2023, 2024), Kimmel has informed the Academy that he won’t return for the 2025 show, set for March 2 in the usual shopping mall—sorry, the glamorous Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.