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NBC to air Emmy Awards on Monday (yes, Monday) Aug. 25

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Malin Akerman, wearing Marchesa, arrives at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.  (Dan Steinberg / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Dancing With the Stars” host Brooke Burke Charvet  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Bates Motel” actress Vera Farmiga.  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Phil Spector” actor Al Pacino and Lucila Sola.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“American Horror Story” actress Sarah Paulson.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Project Runway” co-host Heidi Klum won an Emmy with Tim Gunn for their work on the show at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Scandal” actress Kerry Washington  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“The Michael J. Fox Show” star Michael J. Fox and his wife, actress Tracy Pollan.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“The Good Wife” actress Julianna Margulies.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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Singer Carrie Underwood.  (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)
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“Glee” actress Jane Lynch.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Game of Thrones” actor Peter Dinklage and Erica Schmidt.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Nurse Jackie” actress Edie Falco.  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Dancing With the Stars’” Derek Hough with “Entertainment Tonight’s” Julianne Hough, his sister.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Parks and Recreation” actress Amy Poehler.  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Homeland” actress Claire Danes.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Game of Thrones” actress Lena Headey.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Girls” creator-actress Lena Dunham.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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Professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting and “Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley Cuoco.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Orange Is the New Black” actress Taylor Schilling.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“American Horror Story” actress Lily Rabe.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“30 Rock” actor Keith Powell and Jill Knox.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Modern Family” actor Eric Stonestreet.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“The Big Bang Theory” actor Jim Parsons.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Behind the Candelabra” actor Michael Douglas.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Ironside” actor Blair Underwood.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“The Mindy Project” creator-actress Mindy Kaling.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“30 Rock” actor Tracy Morgan.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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“Enlightened” actress Laura Dern.  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Modern Family” actor Nolan Gould.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Homeland” actress Morena Baccarin.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Mom” actress Anna Faris.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Bones” actress Emily Deschanel.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“New Girl” actress Zooey Deschanel.  (Paul Buck / European Pressphoto Agency)
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“Hostages” actor Dylan McDermott and Shasi Wells.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Homeland” cast members at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Copper” actress Alfre Woodard.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington.  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)
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“Veep” actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Bob’s Burgers” voice actress and comedian Sarah Silverman.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Mad Men” actress Elisabeth Moss.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“How I Met Your Mother” actress Alyson Hannigan.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“House of Cards” actor Kevin Spacey.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Modern Family” atress Sarah Hyland.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Castle” actor Nathan Fillion and actress Mikaela Hoover.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Gravity Falls” and “Mad Men” actress Linda Cardellini.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“The Big Bang” actress Mayim Bialik.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Mad Men” actress Kiernan Shipka.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Mad Men” actor Robert Morse and guest.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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“Breaking Bad” actress Anna Gunn.  (Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images)
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The scene on the red carpet at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards show.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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“Modern Family” actress Aubrey Anderson-Emmons.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Game of Thrones” co-creator and show runner David Benioff and “The Good Wife” actress Amanda Peet on the red carpet.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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“Brooklyn Nine Nine” actor Andre Braugher.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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TV personality and choreographer Travis Wall.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Fashion Police’s” Kelly Osbourne.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“True Blood” actress Carrie Preston.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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“Homeland” actress Morgan Saylor.  (Mike Nelson / European Pressphoto Agency)
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“Veep” actress Anna Chlumsky.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“The Good Wife” actress Amanda Peet.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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Actor Asher Monroe (“Fame,” “Parenthood”).  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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E! News and “Fashion Police’s” Giuliana Rancic.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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“Parks and Recreation” actress Aubrey Plaza.  (Paul Buck / European Pressphoto Agency)
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“Girls” and “Mad Men” actress Zosia Mamet.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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Ernst & Young representatives arrive at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.  (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)
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Former “The View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Extra’s” Maria Menounos.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Entertainment Tonight’s” Rocsi Diaz.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Entertainment Tonight’s” Nancy O’Dell at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“Entertainment Tonight’s” Brooke Anderson.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“The X Factor” host Mario Lopez.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“The Big Bang Theory” actor Kunal Nayyar arrives wearing Google Glass.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
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Television personality Shaun Robinson waves from the red carpet at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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“Modern Family” actress Ariel Winter arrives at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
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Emmys 2013: Live from the red carpet  ()
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Emmys 2013: L.A. Times photo booth  ()
By  Meredith Blake and Joe Flint
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NBC announced Tuesday that it will broadcast the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards live from the Nokia Theatre in L.A. on Aug. 25, a month earlier than usual and on a Monday rather than a Sunday.

The move to late August — the Emmys typically are broadcast just before the TV season officially starts in the third week of September — was expected in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with “Sunday Night Football,” which usually begins airing in early September. Such a change is not unprecedented: The last two times the network aired the Emmys, in 2006 and 2010, it did so in August.

However, the switch to Monday night is more unusual, given that most of the big-name awards shows, including the Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes, are broadcast on Sundays when the number of available viewers is typically larger. According to NBC, the last time the Emmys were broadcast on a Monday night was in 1976.

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So why the switch?

If NBC had moved the Emmy Awards to Sunday, Aug. 24, the show would go head-to-head with MTV’s popular Video Music Awards. NBC may also be leaving the evening free in case of a preseason NFL game.

As for the possibility of moving the Emmys to a Monday in September, that would mean breaking with a long-standing industry tradition that the Emmy Awards take place the weekend following the Creative Emmy Awards, which are already locked into Aug. 16.

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Meredith Blake

Meredith Blake is an entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Times based out of New York City, where she primarily covers television. A native of Bethlehem, Pa., she graduated from Georgetown University and holds a master’s degree from New York University.

Joe Flint

Joe Flint is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times.

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