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Posted: 8/20/07 at 1:59pm
The world is not enough for James Bond. Or Ryan Seacrest.
Days after being added to next year's Super Bowl lineup, the American Idol star and E! News anchor has been tapped to host next month's Primetime Emmys on Fox.
"He's a consummate host of major live broadcast events and a proven talent who always makes it look easy, which makes him the perfect choice for this year's Emmys telecast," Fox executive Mike Darnell said in a statement Monday.
Seacrest was already expected to be working the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards as host of E!'s Live from the Red Carpet. It's expected he'll still be part of the network's preshow coverage, but in a reduced capacity—no, even Ryan Seacrest can't be in two places, or on two TV shows, at once. (E! Online is a division of E! Networks.)
He's also up for an award as the Idol team wants again seeks to break The Amazing Race's chokehold on the Reality-Competition category.
The Seacrest hire gives the Emmys what the Emmys have wanted all along this year: A touch of Idol (and, presumably, a touch of Idol ratings).
Last February, Emmy organizers gave Idol executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick the keys to the show. But in May, Lythgoe and Warwick pulled out, citing their busy schedules.
As Emmy luck would have it, a busy schedule just happens to be Seacrest's specialty. And so the multitasking Idol host, who also anchors E! News, cohosts Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve, broadcasts a Los Angeles morning radio show, guest hosts on Larry King Live and probably does windows, too, adds Emmy host to his résumé.
Network synergy seems to be aiding Seacrest's latest employment surge: Idol, this year's Emmys and next February's Super Bowl XLII, for which Seacrest last week was named pregame entertainment host, are all Fox productions.
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=6faf0e31-b7ae-4bc7-b5a0-58eb7e78efce
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Days after being added to next year's Super Bowl lineup, the American Idol star and E! News anchor has been tapped to host next month's Primetime Emmys on Fox.
"He's a consummate host of major live broadcast events and a proven talent who always makes it look easy, which makes him the perfect choice for this year's Emmys telecast," Fox executive Mike Darnell said in a statement Monday.
Seacrest was already expected to be working the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards as host of E!'s Live from the Red Carpet. It's expected he'll still be part of the network's preshow coverage, but in a reduced capacity—no, even Ryan Seacrest can't be in two places, or on two TV shows, at once. (E! Online is a division of E! Networks.)
He's also up for an award as the Idol team wants again seeks to break The Amazing Race's chokehold on the Reality-Competition category.
The Seacrest hire gives the Emmys what the Emmys have wanted all along this year: A touch of Idol (and, presumably, a touch of Idol ratings).
Last February, Emmy organizers gave Idol executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick the keys to the show. But in May, Lythgoe and Warwick pulled out, citing their busy schedules.
As Emmy luck would have it, a busy schedule just happens to be Seacrest's specialty. And so the multitasking Idol host, who also anchors E! News, cohosts Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve, broadcasts a Los Angeles morning radio show, guest hosts on Larry King Live and probably does windows, too, adds Emmy host to his résumé.
Network synergy seems to be aiding Seacrest's latest employment surge: Idol, this year's Emmys and next February's Super Bowl XLII, for which Seacrest last week was named pregame entertainment host, are all Fox productions.
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=6faf0e31-b7ae-4bc7-b5a0-58eb7e78efce
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
