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Ken Ehrlich Back for Emmys' 60th Anniversary
Awards-show guru Ken Ehrlich is returning to executive-produce the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards. The 60th-annual event will be broadcast Sept. 21 (8 pm/ET) on ABC.
Ehrlich is a master of the genre who, it seems, will add a little spice to proceedings. Among his many credits, he produced several of the recent Emmys — including the 50th anniversary show — and 28 Grammy Award shows, plus he created and produced the MTV movie awards.
The show is moving venues this year from the Shrine to the uber-modern Nokia Center in downtown L.A., allowing for new styles and sets to appear. Ehrlich said, "We... have a number of surprises in the works that will certainly make this a memorable Emmy broadcast. Doing the event from the new Nokia Theatre... provides an opportunity to give the show a new and fresh look, and we are already hard at work with our designers to accomplish that and more."
And while the Emmy Awards might seem like a long time away, the nominations are coming up July 17. This gives us plenty of time to come up with some suggestions for Ehrlich. Personally, I would start with adding creative dance interpretations of every nominated prime-time comedy. How 'bout you? — Anna Dimond
Need an Emmys refresher? Use our Online Video Guide to watch clips and red-carpet interviews from the 59th Annual Primetime Emmys.
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Mar 18, 2008 4:47 PM
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No Theater in the Round and NO SEACREST!
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Mar 18, 2008 5:41 PM
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More awards.
Less presenter banter.
Longer acceptance speeches.
No Ellen.
NO SEACREST!
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Mar 18, 2008 6:40 PM
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More cowbell. Last year had, like, none.
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Mar 18, 2008 6:42 PM
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Great minds think alike - NO SEACREST! No theater in the round!
How about Conan O'Brien? LOVE HIM.
And I agree - give the winners at least a minute to speak. This may be the only time they win an award - let them speak!
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Mar 18, 2008 8:49 PM
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I would start with adding creative dance interpretations of every nominated prime-time comedy.
David Hyde Pierce and Jenna Elfman actually did something like that at the 1999 Emmys. You can see a clip of it on Youtube.
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Mar 19, 2008 12:13 AM
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