Emmy Awards to go ahead, host Jimmy Kimmel says still figuring out how

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Primetime Emmy Awards for tv, a single of the greatest situations on the showbusiness calendar, are going in advance in September as prepared with Jimmy Kimmel as host, broadcaster ABC claimed on Tuesday.

ABC, element of Walt Disney Co, gave no particulars for how the Sept. 20 clearly show, which fingers out the highest honors in tv, would be made in an period when the coronavirus pandemic has pressured the cancellation of a number of stay situations.

“I do not know in which we will do this or how we will do this or even why we are accomplishing this, but we are accomplishing it and I am web hosting it,” Kimmel claimed in a statement.

The Emmy Awards are usually held stay in Los Angeles in entrance of an audience of A-checklist stars and preceded by a pink carpet. It experienced been unclear regardless of whether the ceremony would go in advance this year mainly because of constraints on massive gatherings and social distancing demands.

Tuesday’s statement claimed particulars of how the clearly show will be made would be introduced shortly. Situations less than thing to consider include a entirely virtual occasion or a combination of in-person features, pre-recorded segments and on-line appearances, according to Hollywood trade publication Wide variety.

The coronavirus epidemic shut down generation of tv demonstrates and movies all-around the earth in mid-March and led to the cancellation of film festivals and stay concerts.

Los Angeles county well being officials previous week gave the environmentally friendly gentle for generation of film and tv series to resume less than strict rules to contain the unfold of coronavirus among solid and crews on crowded sets.

Kimmel is the host of ABA’s “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” late night time communicate clearly show and has hosted the Emmy Awards two times in the earlier.

“We know Jimmy Kimmel will produce a uniquely entertaining, humorous and relocating Primetime Emmys clearly show,” Karey Burke, president of ABC Amusement claimed in a statement.

Nominations for the Emmy Awards will be introduced on July 28.