This will be second time hosting for the daytime talkshow star who will follow on from Seth MacFarlane's savaged 2013 stint
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This will be second time hosting for the daytime talkshow star <m> who </m> will follow on from Seth MacFarlane's savaged 2013 stint
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Ellen DeGeneres to host Oscars in 2014
This will be second time hosting for the daytime talkshow star <m> who </m> will follow on from Seth MacFarlane's savaged 2013 stint
The comedian Ellen DeGeneres announced on Friday that she is to return as host of the Academy Awards , the second time she has been tasked with saving the Oscars a year after a poorly received performer .
For the 2014 show , she follows a heavily criticised performance this year by the Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane .
In 2007 , she put the Oscars back on an even keel after poor reviews for the satirist Jon Stewart in 2006 .
"I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time .
You know what they say – the third time's the charm , " DeGeneres said in a statement .
She is a safe bet for the Academy , following an outraged reaction to the misogynistic jokes that peppered MacFarlane's script .
While MacFarlane's performance generated high ratings for the broadcast – 40 . 3 million people watched , 2% higher than the year before – he said he would not host the Oscars again because of the negative response .
DeGeneres however , has a history of well - received hosting gigs .
She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her performance as Oscars host in 2007 .
She also garnered positive responses as a two - time Emmy Awards host , carrying the ceremony shortly after 9 / 11 and then after Hurricane Katrina .
Her previous Oscar gig , in which Martin Scorsese's The Departed took home the top prize , was watched by 39 . 9 million people .
DeGeneres made the announcement on Twitter on Friday and said : "It's official : I'm hosting the #Oscars !
I'd like to thank @TheAcademy , my wife Portia and , oh dear , there goes the orchestra . "
Academy Award producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement : "We are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars . "