Multi-hyphenate artist and filmmaker Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars^® for a second time, producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today.  The 88th Academy Awards^® will be broadcast live on Oscar^® Sunday, February 28, 2016, on the ABC Television Network.  Rock previously hosted the 77th Oscars telecast in 2005.

Award-winning star of stage and screen Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.  This will be Harris’ first time hosting the ceremony.   The show will air live on ABC on Oscar® Sunday, February 22, 2015.