Oscar hosts are a notoriously mixed bag, and the odds aren’t in the favor of late-night hosts taking over the big spot (see: David Letterman’s notoriously bizarre job back in 1995). Jimmy Kimmel is an odd choice, especially given his sometimes mean-spirited humor and general lack of charisma, but it makes sense in a synergistic sense because Disney and ABC produce both his show and the Oscars. Will he have celebrities read mean tweets on stage? Will there be a pre-taped bit where he asks dumb people easy-to-answer Oscar trivia? The only way to find out is to watch.
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