Photo

Jimmy Kimmel poses at the Caesars Entertainment "Escape To Total Rewards" concert in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Regular Photo Size

TV News

Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies

Comedian Jonathan Winters, 87, has died

Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck …

Girl next door Annette Funicello dies at 70

Annette Funicello, 70, dies

Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey …

Report: TV star Valerie Harper has brain cancer

Report: Valerie Harper has brain cancer

Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern on television's …

Bad 'Fresh Prince' rap triggers Pa. lockdown

'Fresh Prince' rap triggers lockdown

Now this is a story all about how a high school student's life …

Bonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies

'One Day At a Time' star, dies at 69

Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress who won fame as a …

Jimmy Kimmel to host 64th Primetime Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards ceremony set for Sept. 23

Updated: Monday, 26 Mar 2012, 8:56 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 26 Mar 2012, 8:52 AM EDT

SANDY COHEN,AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel just got a prime-time gig: Host of the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.

The star and executive producer of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will host the Emmy Awards ceremony on Sept. 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

"I hope to be able to do for the Emmys this year what Eddie Murphy did for the Oscars," Kimmel joked, referring to the comedian who pulled out as host of this year's Oscar ceremony. This is Kimmel's first time hosting the Emmy Awards.

Kimmel's namesake show is in its 10th season on ABC. He previously hosted the American Music Awards and the ESPY Awards and is set to host the White House Correspondents' dinner next month.

ABC also announced that director and producer Don Mischer will executive produce the Emmy telecast. Mischer recently directed and produced the Academy Awards. This is his 12th time at the helm of the Emmys.

He said he's "thrilled" to produce the Emmys again.

"We love television and look forward to working with the television academy and ABC in creating a show that is fast-paced, humorous, unpredictable, and at times irreverent, but clearly celebratory of our incredible industry," Mischer said in a statement Monday.

The Emmy Awards, put on by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, honor the best in TV.

___

Online:

http://www.emmys.tv/