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ABC Entertainment President Reveals The Network Is Open To Chris Rock Hosting 2023 Oscars Following Will Smith Ban

<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It’s been almost two months since the unfortunate slap seen around the world occurred&comma; when Will Smith shocked audiences by slapping <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chris-rock-makes-will-smith-joke-after-dave-chappelle-was-attacked-on-stage&sol;">Chris Rock<&sol;a> during this year’s Oscars ceremony&period; A lot has happened since then&comma; including Will Smith being banned from the Academy for 10 years&comma; but now Chris Rock has some very good news coming his way courtesy of ABC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">During a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;oscars-abc-open-chris-rock-hosting-1235025904&sol;">recent exclusive interview<&sol;a> with Deadline&comma; ABC President of Entertainment Craig Erwich&comma; said that despite the intense controversy that followed the Oscars slap&comma; the network is fully open to Chris Rock hosting next year’s awards show&period; The decision is likely due to many industry insiders praising how Chris handled the situation despite being assaulted live on stage&period; You’ll recall that Chris has previously hosted the Oscars twice before&comma; back in 2005 and 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CdtVWCpuwWw&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CdtVWCpuwWw&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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400&semi;">Erwich also spoke of the ratings increase for this year’s Oscars ceremony despite the scandal&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"><em>&&num;8220&semi;It was the biggest bounce back of any award show this season&period; If you look at what they were trying to do&comma; which is really bring entertainment back to the program&comma; they had three amazing hosts&comma; clips&comma; and incredible musical performances&comma; I thought it was a great way for the show to reclaim its place on the mantle&period; There’s always things to learn and we’ll endeavor to do even better next year&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"><em> <&sol;em>The 95th annual Academy Awards ceremony will air live <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;feature&sol;oscars-2023-date-set-1235023554&sol;">on Sunday March 12<&sol;a>&comma; 2023 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood with nominations announced two months earlier&comma; 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