This year’s Oscars show will go on, with a host

The Academy Awards will have a host for the first time since 2018 and return to their longtime home at the Dolby Theatre, broadcaster ABC said on Tuesday.

While other awards shows have been postponed because of a surge in Covid-19 cases, Walt Disney Co’s ABC said plans remain in place to hold the Oscars, the highest film honors, on March 27 in Los Angeles.

This year’s ceremony will have a host, ABC Entertainment President Craig Erwich said at a Television Critics Association event. He provided no details. “It might be me,” he joked.

The Oscars were handed out by celebrity presenters but had no host in 2019, 2020 and 2021. ABC said in a statement that the 2022 Oscars will take place again at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.