Comics To Host Emmy Awards

Emmys tap comic crew

The green room at the Shrine Auditorium will be awfully crowded at next month’s 55th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. In a break from awards show tradition, Fox Broadcasting Co. and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have opted to assemble a cavalcade of stars to anchor the Sept. 21 ceremony in lieu of a single host. The comics who hosted the Emmy telecasts during the past three years — Garry Shandling in 2000, Ellen DeGeneres in 2001 and Conan O’Brien last year — will be among this year’s emcees, along with “Everybody Loves Raymond’s” Brad Garrett, “Saturday Night Live’s” Darrell Hammond, Wanda Sykes of Fox’s “Wanda at Large,” George Lopez, Martin Short and Jon Stewart. More stars are expected to be added in the coming weeks.