ICYMI: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes will host this year's Academy Awards ceremony as producers try to attract new viewers after record-low ratings in 2021
Feb 15 - Comic actor Amy Schumer, along with actress Regina Hall and fellow comedian Wanda Sykes, will host the Academy Awards in March, the first time three women will emcee the Oscars, ABC's "Good Morning America" reported on Tuesday.
"We want people to get ready to have a good time. It's been a while," Hall, Schumer and Sykes said in a statement.2019 BET Awards - Show - Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 23, 2019 - Host Regina Hall speaks. REUTERS/Mike BlakeChevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan emceed the show in 1987, the last time it had three hosts. The only time there have been multiple women hosting was in 1977 when Ellen Burstyn and Jane Fonda hosted alongside Warren Beatty and Richard Pryor.
Ratings for the telecast have fallen in recent years, dropping to a low of 10.4 million people in the United States in 2021. Viewership of other entertainment awards shows also has declined. The 2021 Oscars ceremony was scaled down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the awards being handed out at a historic downtown Los Angest train station in front of a small audience of nominees and guests.
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