A throwback of Jimmy Kimmel on the 2018 Academy Awards. (Image courtesy: AFP)

Los Angeles:

Late-night star Jimmy Kimmel will probably be returning because the host of the Oscars for the third time, Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the chief producers and showrunners behind the the Academy Awards introduced Monday. Kimmel, who hosted the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies, would be the solo host of the ninety fifth Oscars on March 12.

“Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap. Either way, I am grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after everyone good said no,” Jimmy Kimmel stated in an announcement.

Prior to the Jimmy Kimmel Live star, Jerry Lewis, Steve Martin, Conrad Nagel and David Niven have hosted the Oscar ceremony thrice.

“We’re super thrilled to have Jimmy score his hat trick on this global stage. We know he will be funny and ready for anything,” Weiss and Kirshner stated in a joint assertion.

The announcement comes days after Kimmel prolonged his deal to proceed at ABC for at the very least three extra years, by the twenty third season of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Nominations for the ninety fifth Academy Awards will probably be introduced on January 24.

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