There will be no host on this year’s Primetime Emmy telecast. Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier confirmed the news on Wednesday morning during the network’s portion of the Televisio…
have been eager to pay tribute to some of those fan favorite shows, which perhaps means some on-stage reunions.
The decision to go without a host also comes following last year’s disappointing ratings. The 2018 ceremony on NBC averaged a 2.4 rating among adults 18-49 and 10.2 million viewers, making it the least-watched Emmys on record. “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update” anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost hosted last year, to mixed reactions.
Besides 2003, the Emmys also went without a host in 1998 and 1975 . Fox doesn’t have a late-night talk show franchise like ABC, CBS and NBC, so there was no obvious candidate to host this year’s Emmys on the network. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s” Andy Samberg hosted the Emmys in 2015, the last time it aired on Fox, but that show is now on NBC.
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