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With a month to go before the awards show, ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke made the announcement at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour.

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00:00The Oscars will go hostless for a second year in a row.

00:02When the 2020 Academy Awards air on February 9th on ABC, the ceremony will once again not have a host.

00:08ABC Entertainment president Carrie Burke made the announcement on Wednesday during her time

00:13before press at the Television Critics Association's Winter Press Tour.

00:16Burke stressed the ceremony would repeat what worked last year, saying,

00:20"...let me confirm it now, together with the Academy, that there will be no traditional host this year."

00:25Way back in March, Burke told The Hollywood Reporter that ABC and the Academy would likely

00:29follow the same successful formula that saw a rare ratings uptick for the 2019 ceremony.

00:34She said at the time,

00:35"...we are extremely happy with how the show went. Odds are you'll see us repeating what we consider to be a successful formula."

00:41The 2019 ceremony, which saw Green Book win for Best Picture, averaged nearly 30 million viewers,

00:46up a whopping 11.5 percent year-over-year, and a 7.7 rating among the All Important Adults 18-49 demographic,

00:54up 13 percent from a year before. The previous ceremony in 2018 hit an all-time

00:59ratings low. Other recent award shows have followed suit and chosen to go hostless,

01:03including the 2019 Emmy Awards on Fox. Previous Oscar hosts include Jon Stewart, Hugh Jackman,

01:08Billy Crystal, Seth MacFarlane, Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris, Chris Rock, and Jimmy Kimmel, among others.

01:15For more on this story and everything you need to know about the 2020 Oscars, head to THR.com.

01:19Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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