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Jimmy Kimmel, John Mulaney Both Pass On Hosting Oscars Ceremony

ABC and the Academy are now back to the drawing board as they search for a host for the 2025 Academy Awards.

After all, he’s hosted the Emmys for ABC three times, he makes an annual appearance as roast master at the Disney upfront and he keeps re-upping his late night contract despite hemming and hawing about being done. And while the comic addressed the possibly more recently, telling THR in June that he “ wouldn’t necessarily say no ”; in the end, he decided to pass for this year. So, it’s back to the drawing board for ABC and the Academy, which didn’t immediately return a request for comment and hasn’t had to run an extensive search for an Oscars host in years.

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