The guessing games are over after the Academy announced the hosts for the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer will take on the duties of the highest-profile emcee gig in the entertainment industry when they take the stage March 27 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for the ceremonies, which will be broadcast live on ABC
It will be the first time in three years that the Oscars have even had a host. In 2019, Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting duties after some of his previous homophobic tweets resurfaced
All three women have experience hosting other awards shows during their careers.
Sykes, an Emmy Award-winner and 14-time Emmy nominee, hosted the GLAAD Media Awards in 2018. Schumer, also an Emmy Award-winner and 12-time Emmy nominee, served as host for the MTV Movie Awards in 2015. Hall, who won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress for her role in 2018’s Support the Girls, hosted the BET Awards in 2019.
Ratings for the Oscars have been on downward trend, with last year’s viewership numbers drawing 3 million fewer than the previous low in 2018.
