Jimmy Kimmel to host Oscars for fourth time

LOS ANGELES – Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel is returning — again — to host the Oscars for a fourth time, organizers said Wednesday.

Kimmel will preside over Hollywood’s biggest awards show for the second consecutive year, after television ratings rebounded at last year’s well-reviewed ceremony.

“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” joked Kimmel, in a statement issued by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and broadcaster ABC.

Oscars executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan hailed Kimmel as “one of the all-time great Oscars hosts,” praising his “perfect blend of humanity and humor.”

The 96th Oscars will be held on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Kimmel previously hosted the show in 2017 — a ceremony that ended with the infamous mix-up that saw “La La Land” accidentally named best picture — and 2018.

He was…