Now, this is weird: The emcees for this year's Emmy Awards ceremony will be the five nominees from the new "Best Reality Show Host" category. That means Tom Bergeron of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, Heidi Klum of Bravo's Project Runway, Howie Mandel of NBC's Deal or No Deal, Jeff Probst of CBS' Survivor, and Ryan Seacrest of Fox's American Idol. Um... yay for them?
Not that these folks can't be funny (except for Klum. . . and Probst. . . and, okay, Bergeron). In fact, Seacrest was a decent enough host by himself last year. But what ever happened to finding an actual big star or two for what should be an important event? Unless the Emmys are saying that reality hosts are the stars now, and scripted programming can just go suck it. (Journalist Nikki Finke's blog Deadline Hollywood Daily points out that this could also represent "Big Media giving the finger" to the Screen Actors Guild.)
Anyway, these five are all pros, and we should at least give 'em a chance. But as soon as they do some skit about how the winners are chosen by Paula Abdul based on how well they sew their own dresses, we're out.
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What Did We Think of the Emmy Nominations?