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Ryan Seacrest to host Emmys
21/08/2007 11:46 - (SA)
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| Ryan Seacrest of American Idol will be hosting the Emmy television awards ceremony. (AP) |
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Los Angeles - Ryan Seacrest of American Idol is hosting next month's Emmy television awards ceremony.
Seacrest's appeal is expected to be a "magnet" that pulls viewers,
especially younger ones, to the awards show on Fox, Dick Askin,
chairperson and chief executive officer of the Academy of Television Arts
& Sciences, said on Monday.
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 16.
Last year's Emmys, hosted on NBC by Conan O'Brien, drew about 16.1
million viewers, the second least-watched Emmy telecast since 1991. It
aired unusually early, in August, to make way for NBC's National
Football League telecast.
The awards ceremony rotates among the four major broadcast networks.
The Emmys were to have even more of an Idol touch, with two of the
talent show's executive producers, Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick,
producing.
But they withdrew from the job earlier this year, citing
their demanding schedules, and veteran producer Ken Ehrlich stepped in.
Most nominated series
HBO's recently departed The Sopranos is the most-nominated series with 15 bids, while the made-for-TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded
Knee has the most nominations, 17, for all programs.
Cutting-edge shows such as 30 Rock dominated the comedy series
category, with Ugly Betty leading the charge with 11 nominations.
Fox
may also be hoping that another hot new show, NBC's Heroes, proves an
Emmy draw for advertiser-favoured young adult viewers.
- AP
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