The makeshift quality may boost interest in an awards night that has grown stale in recent years. Despite a boom in scripted entertainment, ratings for the Emmys have declined sharply. The show drew 6.9 million viewers last year, a low.
In an effort to make the broadcast go as smoothly as possible, the Television Academy has sent a kit to each nominee with instructions on how to put together a D.I.Y. studio. It comes complete with a ring light, a microphone, a laptop and a camera. After that, its up to the nominees and their Wi-Fi signals to do the dirty work of beaming live images to viewers screens.
We hope theres not a major crash, said Guy Carrington, an executive producer of the Emmys, in an interview.
About a dozen presenters and entertainers will join Kimmel on a stage built above the Staples Center basketball court. The show was moved from its usual spot, the Microsoft Theater, to the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, because the arena has the technological wherewithal to accommodate dozens of remote feeds.read more
2020 Emmys: Streaming, Time, Nominees List, Host and More
