Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner to Produce 2017 Emmys Broadcast
White Cherry Entertainment duo has produced the Tony Awards for the last 13 years
Reid Nakamura | May 25, 2017 @ 2:30 PM
Last Updated: May 25, 2017 @ 2:44 PM
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner will produce the Emmys broadcast for the first time this year, CBS announced on Thursday.
The White Cherry Entertainment duo will serve as executive producers, with Weiss pulling double duty as director. The ceremony will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 17 on CBS.
Weiss and Kirshner have won multiple Emmys each for their experience producing live television events, including the Tony Awards for the last 13 years, the “Kennedy Center Honors,” “NFL Opening Kickoff” specials and “Super Bowl Halftime Shows,” the “Democratic National Convention,” “The Daytime Emmy Awards,” Presidential Inaugural Galas, the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular,” and others.
As previously announced, “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert will host the ceremony 69th annual ceremony. Chris Licht, executive producer of “The Late Show” is a producer.
“Glenn and Ricky have done outstanding work with CBS on ‘The Tony Awards’ and ‘The Kennedy Center Honors,'” said Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music and Live Events, CBS Entertainment. “This multiple Emmy Award-winning team has produced some of the most unforgettable TV moments, and we can’t wait to work with them on the biggest night celebrating television.”
“We are thrilled to be working with the accomplished team at White Cherry Entertainment, and we’re looking forward to seeing their unique and innovative approach to the telecast,” said Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington. “Glenn’s exceptional direction of past Emmy Awards, along with his and Ricky’s collective experience producing some of the most widely acclaimed television specials, ensures that the 69th Emmys will be as dynamic and entertaining as the vibrant television landscape.”
Emmys: What You Didn't See on TV (Photos)
3:25 p.m. Security is much tighter around the ceremony. Police are opening trunks and searching all cars, even civilians dropped off in the parking garage without any red carpet access.
4:49 p.m. Guillermo from "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" does audience warmup. He introduces the kids from Netflix's "Stranger Things," who sing and perform a choreographed dance to "Uptown Funk." Audience loves it.
5:03 p.m. From Jimmy Kimmel's celebrity-packed opening package, the industry audience in the room loved the Jeb-Bush-as-presidential-limo-driver and Ryan Seacrest getting torched bits the best.
5:11 p.m. Kyle MacLachlin, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michael Kelly, and Courtney P. Vance don't make it inside the theater in time for the show to start. During Kimmel's monologue, they're stuck with about 100 others in an entry hallway at the back of the theater. Kelly and Vance are fanning themselves with their tickets. It's hot in here.
6:19 p.m. During commercials, they're showing a live feed of the Packers-Vikings game on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" inside the theater.
5:52 p.m. The bars aren't serving alcohol. Per protocol, organizers closed the bars at 4:30 with a promise to reopen them at 5:15pm. They omitted the key "without alcohol." People are grumpy.
6:22 p.m. The room loves Sterling K. Brown's win. He gets a standing O from the front sections. Back at the dawn of Emmy season at a screening of the finale, Brown said he was the only lawyer on the show who had to audition.
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Tightened security, no booze at the bar and late arrivals were just the beginning of what our reporter saw at Sunday’s ceremony when cameras weren’t around
3:25 p.m. Security is much tighter around the ceremony. Police are opening trunks and searching all cars, even civilians dropped off in the parking garage without any red carpet access.
