ABC Revs Up for Oscars with Week of Special Programming

02.17.2017

ABC will tap into its entire roster to help promote its broadcast of the 89th annual Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26.

Jimmy Kimmel Live will air a week of its best-of After the Oscars specials at 11:35 p.m. Kimmel is hosting the Oscars this year, and rerunning the specials does double-duty in that the time off also gives Kimmel the week to prepare to stand in that big spotlight. The specials feature such stars as Robert Downey Jr., Keith Urban, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, George Clooney, Christoph Waltz, Charlize Theron and Kimmel regulars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

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On Speechless on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 8:30 p.m., Maya (Minnie Driver) and Jimmy (John Ross Bowie) host their annual Oscars party, but Maya feels threatened by Becca (Michaela Watkins) who seems a little too perfect.

On Friday morning, Lara Spencer and Robin Roberts will host from Los Angeles, and ABC News' T.J. Holmes will interview Kimmel about his upcoming hosting gig. The show also will have its standard panels on Oscar food and fashion, featuring People and Entertainment Weekly's editorial director Jess Cagle; Marie Claire's creative director and Project Runway Judge Nina Garcia; and celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.

Finally, daytime panel show - starring , , Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, andMichael Symons, will close out the week with an episode on the best food to serve at your own Oscar party, and will bestow its own awards, The Chewies.

[Cube image of Speechless courtesy of ABC/Richard Cartwright]