Neil Patrick Harris is not just one of those multi-hyphenate performers who could conceivably win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony — he could also be the first to possibly score an EGOT through hosting. 
 
 The actor has signed on to emcee the upcoming Academy Awards, following his lively stints as host of two Emmy broadcasts and four Tonys, producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan confirmed to EW. 
 
 
 
 The Oscars take place Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, but it won’t be his first time on the stage. Harris led a song-and-dance routine to open the show in 2010, when Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted. 
 
 Harris posted his own announcement in a video from his Twitter account, finally crossing the “Host the Oscars” item off his bucket list (all of which seem legit): 
 
 
 
 This will be the third consecutive year with Zadan and Meron as producers, and Harris follows previous hosts Seth MacFarlane and Ellen Degeneres. 
 
 Their tenure behind the scenes has come with a boost in ratings for the show, which saw ratings rise 6% last year with Degeneres as host, scoring 43 million viewers and a 12.9 rating among adults 18-49. It was the most-watched entertainment broadcast in 10 years. 
 
 But that puts the pressure on NPH: How is he going to top “The Selfie”? ||||| Neil Patrick Harris will host this year’s Oscars on Feb. 22, Variety has learned. 
 
 Harris has performed on the Academy Awards show, but this will be his first time as host. Harris hosted the Tony Awards last year and Emmy in 2013 and 2009, so with Oscar, he is apparently going for the EGOT sweep of hosts. (All that remains is Grammy.) He is appearing in Fox’s B.O. hit “Gone Girl.” He has won five Emmys and this year took home a Tony for the lead role in the musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” 
 
 Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will be handling their third consecutive Oscar producing stint (Variety, April 21), working in conjunction with Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and ABC honchos. 
 
 The 87th Oscar show will air live on ABC TV. 
 
 Oscar hosting is considered a primo gig, but it isn’t easy. The host needs to maintain the show’s energy, both for the audience inside the Dolby Theatre and for the millions of TV viewers. There is always a guessing game on hosts, but there are a limited number of individuals who have shown their talent in such a role. Ellen DeGeneres was successful at the March 2 rites, but apparently was reluctant even then to do it, and didn’t want to do it for the 2015 ceremony. 
 
 The March 2 ceremonies attracted the biggest Oscar viewership in 14 years, according to the Academy. It drew an average audience of 45.4 million total viewers, delivering a 13.7 rating among adults 18–49 (Live+7). 
 
 Upcoming projects for Zadan and Meron include executive producing the television musical “Peter Pan Live!” a December telecast that’s a follow-up to their successful “The Sound of Music Live.” Their MTV comedy series, “Happyland,” recently premiered. For the bigscreen, Zadan and Meron are producing “Pippin” for the Weinstein Co., a musical based on the Beach Boys song catalog for Fox 2000 Pictures, and “Monster High” based on the Mattel franchise for Universal Pictures. 
 
 Harris took to social media to spread the news, crossing “Host the Oscars” off of his bucket list.
– He's hosted the Emmys, the Tonys, and now ... the Oscars. Neil Patrick Harris gets the emcee honors for the Feb. 22 ceremony, reports Variety. Harris himself confirmed the news with a video on social media in which he crosses the job off his bucket list. Entertainment Weekly thinks it's a fine choice: "Harris is not just one of those multi-hyphenate performers who could conceivably win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—he could also be the first to possibly score an EGOT through hosting." All he'll need after March is the Grammys' gig. (Harris recently wed his longtime male partner.)