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Host Seth Meyers plans to be funny but not cruel on “The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,” airing Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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Meyers Hosts ‘Emmys’ Meyers to host ‘66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards’ By Candace Havens FYI Television Seth Meyers (“Late Night with Seth ByMeyers”) Candace hasHavens been tapped as the FYI Television host of “The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,” airing Monday at 8 Seth (“Latethe Night with p.m. onMeyers NBC. Keeping live show Seth Meyers”) has been tapped as going a great responsibility, the hostis of “Thedeal 66thofAnnual Priand Meyers doesn’t take”itairing lightly. He’s metime Emmy Awards, workingat with “Lateon Night” Mike Monday 8 p.m. NBC.scribe Keeping the live show going isproducer a great Shoemaker and executive deal responsibility, Meyers DonofMischer, who has and helmed the doesn’t lightly. awardstake showitmore thanHe’s nineworktimes. ing with “Late Night” scribe Mike “Well, I think, us, we want to apShoemaker andfor executive proproach it the way we would approach ducer Don Mischer, who has anything, is toshow just bemore upbeat helmed thewhich awards than and nine have times. fun,” Meyers says. “I don’t “Well, I think, forbyus,last weyear’s wantasto think we’re guided approach it the way we would apmuch as the way we would approach proach anything, which is to just anything like this. And, certainly, we be upbeat and have fun,” Meyers don’t to feelwe’re morbid and weby says. “I want don’titthink guided want it toas feelmuch like aas celebration last year’s the way of wethis would year inapproach TV. And weanything were verylike happy this. certainly,just we because don’t want withAnd, the nominees of a it to feel morbid and we want it to lot of shows we watch and think were feel like a celebration of this year indeserving. TV. And we were very happy “I the feel certainly thejust mostbecause ready I’ve with nominees ofever a lotfelt, of but shows weI’dwatch andready I think feel more think were a year fromdeserving. now as well,” Meyers “I feel“It’s certainly most jokes. great tothe be able to ready do a I’ve ever felt, but I think I’d feel monologue every night. That has been more ready a year from now as so ”helpful forjokes. approaching something well, Meyers “It’s great to be liketo this. to be honest,every the things able doBut, a monologue night. That hasimportant been so leading helpfulinto for that are most approaching this. doing a showsomething like this, I’m like happy I But, to be things that hosted thehonest, ‘ESPYs’ the a couple of times. are most important leading into I’m happy I did the White House doing a show like this, I’m happy I Correspondents’ Because hosted the ‘ESPYs’Dinner. a couple of I think I’m the happy way weIapproach this, my times. did the White House Correspondents’ skill set is always going toDinner. be in the Because I think way ap-and monologue and the telling thewe jokes proach this, my skillofset always the understanding howismuch work going to be in the monologue you have to put into getting a really and telling the jokes and the ungood monologue to open a show derstanding of how much worklike this.” you have to put into getting a re-

As a former “Saturday Night Live” star, Meyers says he learned something important show like this.” about the type of jokes wants to tell on theNight “Emmys.” As aheformer “Saturday “Coming under the Michaels Live” star,up Meyers saysLorne he learned something about umbrella, heimportant always stresses to the try type jokes heabout wants to tell on not tooftell a joke somebody the “Emmys.”“Coming up under that you then would want to leave the Lorne Michaels umbrella, he the cocktail partytoif try theynot showed always stresses to tell a up,” Meyers says. “So, trythat to beyou fair joke about somebody then would leave themaybe enough aboutwant it thattoeven if it’s cocktail party ifas they up,” a little negative, longshowed as it seems Meyers says. “So, try to be fair fair, you can get away with it. It’s a enough about it that even if it’s very different show.asAnd theas maybe a littleawards negative, long isn’taway an award itCorrespondents’ seems fair, youDinner can get showit.atIt’s all.aBut that sort of tone is with very different awards show. And theICorrespondents’ the tone I think want to try to strike, Dinner award show at all.of which isisn’t you an want to have a couple But tone theknowing tone I jokesthat thatsort youof walk outisnot think I want to try to strike, which how they’re to play.ofBut isexactly you want to havegoing a couple that makes it fun, thatout sortnot of walking jokes that you walk knowon the tightrope material liketo ing exactly howwith they’re going play. it fun, that that. But So, Ithat thinkmakes we’ll have some of sort walking onmore the tightrope that.ofBut I think it’s playful than with material like I think certainly cutting or that. bitingSo, or anything we’ll have some of that. But I think likemore that.”playful than certainly it’s The acting categories are par- like cutting or biting or anything ticularly that. ” tough this year. Michelle The acting categories are parDockery (“Downton Abbey”), Claire ticularly tough this year. Danes (“Homeland”), RobinMichelle Wright Dockery (“Downton Abbey”), (“House of Cards”), Lizzy Caplan Claire Danes (“Homeland”), Robin (“Masters of Sex”), WashWright (“House ofKerry Cards”), Lizzy ington (“Scandal”) andSex”), Julianna Caplan (“Masters of Kerry Washington andLead JuliMargulies are(“Scandal”) the Outstanding anna Margulies the OutstandActress in a DramaareSeries nominees. ing ActressLead in aActors DramaareSeries TheLead Outstanding nominees. The Outstanding Lead Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Jon Actors are Bryan Cranston (“BreakHamm (“Mad Kevin Spacey ing Bad”), JonMen”), Hamm (“Mad (“HouseKevin of Cards”), Jeff(“House Daniels (“The Men”), Spacey of Cards”), Jeff Daniels (“The NewsNewsroom”) and Woody Harrelson room”) and Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey fromand Matthew McConaughey “True Detective.” How does from someone “True Detective.” How does somechoose between them? them? one choose between Every there areare arguments Everyyear year there arguments about oversights thethe voting, but about oversightsinin voting,

it isn’t easy to pick the best of the best when there are so many worthy choices. arethere more are thanso19,000 the bestThere when many members in the Television Academy, worthy choices. There are more all of whom have an opinion. than 19,000 members in the Television “We’reAcademy, very proudall of of howwhom the have an opinion. members responded this year,” says “We’re very proud of how the Television Academy Chairman/CEO members responded this year,” Bruce Rosenblum. “We had online says Television Academy Chair-voting and our membership voting totals man/CEO Bruce Rosenblum. “We had online and our memwere up. It’s avoting tough challenge that bership up. It’s they have.voting I mean,totals we’re were in a golden a tough challenge that they age of television. There’s far morehave. I mean, we’re in a golden age of terrific programming on more television television. There’s far terrific today than there on wastelevision five years ago programming today or 10 years youago lookor than thereago. wasAnd fivewhen years 10the years ago.that And when you look at dramas were nominated, at the that nominatI’m not dramas sure which onewere of those you ed, I’mmove not out sureforwhich one would No. 7 or No.of8. You those you would move out for No. know, the8.topYou shows thisthe yeartop are all 7 or No. know, terrific, members voted. And showsand thisour year are all terrific, and while we’ll get criticism for one parour members voted. And while we’ll get criticism for one ticular show or two shows notparticugetting lar show orI think two shows not getting nominated, the membership as I thinkjob theinmemberanominated, whole did a terrific identifying ship as a whole did a terrific job in the best of television identifying the bestthis of year.” television Don’t expect this year. ” the Academy to add anyDon’t new categories to reflect the to expect the Academy add any newincategories to“New reflect many changes the industry. the manyare changes the industry. categories always in challenging,” “New categories are always chalRosenblum says, “because the show lenging,” Rosenblum says, “bewill run the five show hours long and that’s not cause will run five hours anything wants. We alsoanylong andanybody that’s not anything bodytowants. Wethe also want to want maintain sheen of what maintain the sheen what the the award is. And as youofexpand award is. And as you expand catecategories unnecessarily, you diffuse gories unnecessarily, you diffuse what that brand is. So, I don’t think what that brand is. So, I don’t we’re go intotoitgo withinto theitgoal thinkgoing we’retogoing of expanding categories, but I docatethink with the goal of expanding gories, but I do think we look should we should take a step back, at takethe a step back,is look at how how business evolving, lookthe at business evolving, look at the the differentis kinds of programming different kinds of programming that’s produced around town, that’sbeing being produced around and thenand layer thatlayer against ouragainst rules town, then that and if we cansee clarify a bit.” oursee rules and if wethis can clarify

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