 opportunity fortunately for the academy and its host network abc they still have plenty of time with the oscars not slated to air until sunday march 2nd kimmel has been the go-to host for the academy awards hosting it four times and is a favorite but kimmel ultimately said no while mulaney has been talked about ever since he won over the oscar crowd at the governor's awards earlier this year he said in the past he would do it but decided to pass this year michelle polino fox news