O’Brien returning as Emmys host
From the Associated Press
The assignment for hosting the awards show honoring television’s best work is going to NBC’s Conan O’Brien.
The 43-year-old comedian will host the “58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” on Aug. 27. The show will air from the Shrine Auditorium on NBC.
O’Brien hosted the Emmys in 2002 and did “a tremendous job,” Dick Askin, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, said Friday. “We’re thrilled that he’s returning.”
O’Brien, host of NBC’s “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” since 1993, will take over “The Tonight Show” from host Jay Leno in 2009.
