All the talk has been about Conan O'Brien taking over The Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon taking over Late Night, but let's not forget Craig Ferguson over at CBS' Late Late Show. He might host the Emmys this year.That's one of the changes being discussed by producer Dan Mischer. And let's be honest here: anything would be better than last year's horrifying hosting job done by the team of Ryan Seacrest, Jeff Probst, Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel. It was a train wreck from start to finish, with only one moment that was kinda funny (when they gave the award for Best Reality Host and dramatically went to a commercial before announcing the winner.
I like Ferguson (though I'm not a fan of his talk show) and he'd probably make for a good host. Of course, people like Stephen Colbert, David Letterman, and the casts of 30 Rock and The Office would be good too. CBS could go with someone from their network but they don't have to (and the network that hosts the award show usually doesn't).
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6-04-2009 @ 7:17PM
Zachary said...
On Tuesday he started his show with a karaoke rendition of Instanbul (Not Constantinople) that made me very happy. If he brought that type of thing to the Emmys I would approve. Though I still wouldn't watch.
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6-04-2009 @ 9:36PM
gwen said...
OMG that was awesome. I'm glad you brought that up because just thinking about it made me giggle again.
More on topic, Craig Ferguson is the best. I adore him. I also still probably won't watch the emmys, but I'd be more apt to if Craig was let loose on the stage, muting all the other crap though.
6-04-2009 @ 10:45PM
Zachary said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdP6bUMjaSc
6-05-2009 @ 3:06AM
RobynM said...
Thanks tons for the link - I missed Tuesday's episode, so I hadn't seen this. I'm a big fan of TMBG and Craig, so this was sheer brilliance from top to bottom.
6-04-2009 @ 7:24PM
Wii60 said...
I think he'd be great, but would it mean he can't be up for one?
The guy deserves it, he overtook Fallon pretty quickly in the ratings. He'll probably fall behind again now that Conan is back and is the lead-in, but I expect him to be back on top soon.
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6-11-2009 @ 7:22PM
rosie said...
Ferguson would be an excellant choice to host the Emmy's. Hopefully, he does it. CBS needs to advertise his talent. He should be up for an Emmy as well.
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6-05-2009 @ 1:32AM
MJL said...
Why would Letterman ever host the Emmys?
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6-05-2009 @ 3:09AM
RobynM said...
Craig should definitely have a shot at it. He'd do better than most at it, and as you say, he certainly couldn't do any worse than the hosting fiasco last year.
If Craig couldn't do it due to being up for an award, Joel McHale would also be a good choice - he did pretty okay at E3 this year.
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6-05-2009 @ 7:17AM
Jimmy said...
Perfect choice!
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7-20-2009 @ 10:56AM
Toma said...
Craig would be a great host for the Emmys. I'm a big fan of his show. It's my favourite late night show
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