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EXCLUSIVE: A reliable source just told me that this year’s Emmy hosts are going to be all 5 nominees in the Reality Host category. So that means: Tom Bergeron of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, Heidi Klum of Bravo’s Project Runway, Howie Mandel of NBC’s Deal or No Deal, Jeff Probst of CBS’ Survivor, and Ryan Seacrest of Fox’s American Idol. This was the first year reality TV hosts were eligible for an Emmy Award now that a category recognizing “outstanding host for a reality or reality-competition program” was created by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The award recognizes that reality TV has become “an integral part of television and our culture,” John Shaffner, chairman and CEO of the TV academy, said in a statement in April announcing the new honor. Eligibility was open to hosts of programs entered in the reality program and reality-competition categories. So clearly this Emmy hosting gig is a sop. (It’s been pointed out to me that these are all AFTRA shows and AFTRA hosts. Is this Big Media giving the finger to SAG?)
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Yeah, let’s reward the reality show whores and give them another job to take away from real actors. (eyeroll)
WORST.
IDEA.
EVER.
let’s hope your sources are way off on this one. . .
I love it! I hope they give Heidi some complicated intros to mangle–she is so cute.
Well, that would simply suck.
If your source it correct, it would not speak well for what the television industry has become.
Aren’t all those “hosts” from AFTRA shows? SAG should walk away from the Emmy Awards as a show of protest.
This is horrible, one of the worst ideas ever; ryan seacrest hosting the Emmys again, did anyone see last year?
Kimmel 08
That line-up is utterly pathetic, although there is no better group to represent the decline of intelligence in television.
I’m surprised Ryan Seacrest is allowed to come back this year after his pathetic attempt at hosting last year (need I remind people of his court jester outfit?). I just hope they get rid of that round stage in the middle of the auditorium that only gave its audience an unflattering view of everyone’s fat asses. I also suggest they find an announcer who actually knows how to pronounce the nominees/presenter’s names. That might be nice.
The glory days are long gone. Lord knows they’ll hire a director whose primary concern will be that the Coca-cola cup label on the dias will be facing the camera.
Wake up, Hollywood.
This makes me want to cry.
what about cat deeley from so you think you can dance? she’s easily one of the best hosts out there
I do find this a little lame. Why couldn’t Whoopi Goldberg host the show she did a great job hosting the Tony’s last month.
The Emmy’s are crap anyhow it’s all political. No good decent shows ever win, the ones that should win are over looked. So why not make it crappier by adding Reality TV shows hosts to host.
This is just representative of what television has to offer nowadays: shit reality shows. This is a pathetic idea and I don’t think it has anything to do with giving SAG the finger. It’s just bad judgment and decision on the producers part. And they wonder why the ratings are always going down. Go figure!!!
Great idea. I applaud the academy for being forward thinkers. The TV viewers are all flocking to network reality shows because the network scripted shows have become so mediocre in recent years. Reality shows are getting bigger ratings over scripted shows. Just look at the top 10 shows on TV…more reality shows.
On the SAG issue…SAG doesn’t want to merge with AFTRA and AFTRA represents the reality shows. SAG will ulitmately lose power in Hollywood as AFTRA become even stronger.
That host line-up is craptastic.
I can hardly wait to not watch it.
This is downright atrocious. And to the “person” who says “scripted” shows are all ‘mediocre’ apparently you haven’t seen episodes of “The Office”, “30 Rock”, “Lost”, “Mad Men”, “The Wire”, “The Shield”, “Friday Night Lights” and on and on.
Reality TV is garbage and shame, shame, shame on the networks for having Reality hosts shove their lack of talents down our collective throats. I guess I can at least avoid all these people the other 51 weeks a year.
Are we still supposed to pretend that Ryan Seacrest has any kind of talent (at least that they can show on national television)?
Way to ruin my favorite awards show…
This sucks. Guess I’ll DVR it and fast forward through anything that doesn’t involved scripted tv.