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Emmys Host Ideas: Keke Palmer, Alan Cumming, 'Reggie Dinkins' Cast

Variety·Michael Schneider·25 days ago
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It’s a make-or-break year for the Primetime Emmys . After NBC broadcasts the 78th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, the current four-network “wheel deal” — in which ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox take turns airing the annual event — expires. As of now, no renewal is in place, meaning we still don’t know what the future holds for the show. I’ve used this column over the past few years to pitch my idea: a “roadblock,” in which every streamer and broadcaster simulcasts the Emmys. That would expose the show (and the nominated programs that it spotlights) to a much wider audience, as opposed to the limitations that come with airing on just one outlet at a time. Popular on Variety The concept of everyone coming together for one evening — and pausing their competition for the good of the overall TV business — had some legs. Then the Motion Picture Academy went and struck a megadeal with YouTube to move the Oscars to the platform in 2029 — in a pact said to be in the nine-figure range.…

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