LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 The day after the Oscars<\/a>, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor<\/a> is feeling a bit exhausted. After preparing for Hollywood\u2019s biggest night for months and months, it can feel a little surreal to realize that it\u2019s over. But he\u2019s also feeling good about what he and hundreds of others put together, not just for the nominees and winners but for the millions watching around the world.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel really good,\u201d Kapoor told The Associated Press on Monday. \u201cIt is one of those things where you work so hard on putting something together and the next day you\u2019re absolutely exhausted and can barely talk. But it\u2019s still kind of an amazing feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n And no matter how much they planned, the thing that Kapoor, who won an Emmy for the 96th Oscars two years ago, and fellow producer Katy Mullan know is that there\u2019s only so much control one has when producing a live television show. And they are always expecting the unexpected.<\/p>\n Perhaps the most surprising part of the night was when Kumail Nanjiani opened the envelope for best live-action short and announced that there was a tie. \u201cI\u2019m not joking,\u201d he said from the stage.<\/p>\n Kapoor said that Nanjiani was given a heads up from Oscar accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers that it was a tie moments before he walked onstage. No one coached him about what to do. And Nanjiani handled the unusual situation calmly and deftly, saying he would announce the winners one at a time, giving both their moment onstage.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was kind of like the perfect person to do that at that time,\u201d Kapoor said. \u201cI was so impressed with just how he handled it, how our team handled it. It\u2019s a very fast moving show and it\u2019s really complex from automation to stage cues to our trophy presenters and it is a whole night of choreography. So anytime something unusual happens I just have to give full credit to our full production team of just how aware they are to make those pivots and changes at the last minute.\u201d<\/p>\n Some viewers watching from home wondered whether returning host Conan O\u2019Brien always knew when he was on camera. There were moments when it seemed like he had been caught in a private moment, reacting to what was happening onstage, like during the live-action short speech that was almost cut short.<\/p>\n Kapoor said he can\u2019t speak to that moment because even he\u2019s not sure whether the host was caught off guard.<\/p>\n \u201cConan is the master of improv and he\u2019s the master of reaction. And sometimes, you know, I, like, I honestly could not tell,\u201d he said. \u201cI heard the cue go out. But the way that Conan played that bit, it could have been a Conan bit. He is one of those people that are so talented. And sometimes you really don\u2019t know what he has planned.\u201d<\/p>\nHow Kumail Nanjiani handled the tie<\/h2>\n
Did Conan always know when he was on camera?<\/h2>\n
The \u2018Sinners\u2019 moment that didn\u2019t want to end<\/h2>\n