Transcript for Jimmy Kimmel Will Host the Oscars in 2017

First timer has been tapped to host this year's Academy Awards show ABC's late night host Danny Campbell will host the 89 Oscars. Animal ever hosted the officers before he is no stranger to major awards shows and entertainment reporter sandy Kenyon here now with details of this big announcement. That's right Diana Sade Kimmel confirmed that ended tweak this afternoon. Yes I am hosting the Oscars he tweeted to his eight point two million followers adding. This is not a prank and if it is my revenge on the academy will be terrible. Since week. All kidding us hotbed for the moment this is a gig he has there. The world's biggest move these dollars are comfortable with Jimmy Kimmel and are. C'mon ray drive his long running full feud with Matt Damon shows Kimmel to be the master. Of poking gentle fun. Without ever giving serious offense and that alone would qualify him to host the big show but the critics and his fellow comics agree. Kimmel killed at that we sit and be a war. Campbell is a master at working. Hard to make it look effortless which is another talent can be in a hopes. We kind of take a shotgun approach to have because we have our writers guys that work of the show women that work at the shown we write like a thousand jokes only half the Whittle it down this marked his second time it's hosted the Emmy Awards and while this may be Jimmy's first turn as host of the biggest award show. His post shows specials were already part of Oscar tradition. As I discovered during a visit with him early last year we have something called good Jim Campbell school for perfect acting. I play and acting teacher and the my students are some of the most famous. People in the world like many stars of late night Jimmy would be years Johnny Carson who's considered one of the very best to do the job he now gets. And few can argue Kimmel has earned the right to follow. In those famous footsteps. It is tweaked Jimmy Kimmel thanked Al's formal Wear. The first joke of what's sure to be many more default. The Oscar is still a few months away the show airs on February 2 point six you can watch the Academy Awards right here on ABC seven. In fact nominations will be announced earlier to January 24.

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