No host for the upcoming TV Emmy Award ceremony

Los Angeles: Like the Oscars before it, the upcoming 71st Emmy Awards ceremony will go on without a celebrity host, organizers announced Wednesday.The decision will allow the September ceremony to dedicate more time to the television shows nominated for honors, said Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier."If you have a host and an opening number, that´s 15-20 minutes that you don´t have to salute the shows," Collier said at a gathering of industry reporters.The last time the Emmys skipped having a host was in 2003. It only happened two other times, in 1975 and 1998.This year´s event honoring the best television shows is scheduled for September 22.The decision to go ahead without a host could help shake up a ceremony often considered too slow, which suffered from disappointing ratings last year.In February the Oscars also decided to go without a host after their original choice for the job, Kevin Hart, pulled out when old homophobic tweets of his resurfaced.In the end the event was considered a success and the show enjoyed an increase in ratings over the previous year.

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