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March 26, 2012 / 12:22 PM

Jimmy Kimmel to host Emmy Awards

TV show host's Jimmy Kimmel (L) and Jimmy Fallon peform on stage during the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 18, 2011. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
Molly McNearney (L) and Jimmy Kimmel attend the 24th annual American Cinematheque Award Ceremony in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2010. UPI/ Phil McCarten | License Photo
Melissa McCarthy holds her award for best comedy actress for her role in "Mike & Molly," at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 18, 2011. UPI/Jayne Kamin Oncea | License Photo
Ty Burrell accepts the Emmy for supporting actor in a comedy series for "Modern Family", during the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 18, 2011. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, March 26 (UPI) -- Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is to serve as host of the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards show in Los Angeles this fall, telecast producers said Monday.

The ceremony honoring the year's best in television will take place Sept. 23 at the NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE. It is to air live on ABC.

This will be Kimmel's first time as host of the Primetime Emmy telecast.

Kimmel is the star and executive producer of the late-night ABC talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

"We are thrilled to have been asked to produce the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards," Don Mischer, whose company is producing the show, said in a statement. "We love television and look forward to working with the Television Academy and ABC in creating a show that is fast-paced, humorous, unpredictable, and at times irreverent, but clearly celebratory of our incredible industry."

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