PRIMETIME EMMY HOSTS

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Actors, comedians and late-night talk show hosts have served as emcees for this evening awards show, which began in 1949.

1st-- Walter O'Keefe

2nd-- Bill Welch*

3rd-- Earl Warren, principal speaker; no host information available*

4th-- Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

5th-- Art Linkletter

6th-- Ed Sullivan

7th-- Steve Allen (Los Angeles)/Dave Garroway (New York)

8th-- Art Linkletter (Los Angeles)/Danny Thomas (New York)

9th-- Desi Arnaz

10th-- Danny Thomas (Los Angeles)/Phil Silvers (New York)

11th-- Raymond Burr

12th-- Fred Astaire (Los Angeles)/Arthur Godfrey (New York)

13th-- Dick Powell (Los Angeles)/Joey Bishop (New York)

14th-- Bob Newhart (Los Angeles)/Johnny Carson (New York)/David Brinkley (Washington)

15th-- Joey Bishop (Los Angeles)/Arthur Godfrey (New York)/Chet Huntley (Washington)

16th-- Joey Bishop (Los Angeles)/E.G. Marshall (New York)

17th-- Danny Thomas (Los Angeles)/Sammy Davis Jr. (New York)

18th-- Danny Kaye (Los Angeles)/Bill Cosby (New York)

19th-- Joey Bishop (Los Angeles)/Hugh Downs (New York)

20th-- Frank Sinatra (Los Angeles)/Dick Van Dyke (New York)

21st-- Bill Cosby (Los Angeles)/Merv Griffin (New York)

22nd-- Bill Cosby (Los Angeles)/Dick Cavett (New York)

23rd-- Johnny Carson

24th-- Johnny Carson

25th-- Johnny Carson

26th-- Johnny Carson

27th-- No host

28th-- Mary Tyler Moore and John Denver

29th-- Angie Dickinson and Robert Blake

30th-- Alan Alda

31st-- Henry Winkler and Cheryl Ladd

32nd-- Dick Clark and Steve Allen

33rd-- Ed Asner and Shirley MacLaine

34th-- Marlo Thomas and John Forsythe

35th-- Joan Rivers and Eddie Murphy

36th-- Tom Selleck

37th-- John Forsythe

38th-- David Letterman and Shelley Long

39th-- Bruce Willis

40th-- John Forsythe

41st-- John Larroquette

42nd-- Candice Bergen, Jay Leno and Jane Pauley

43rd-- Dennis Miller

44th-- Dennis Miller

45th-- Angela Lansbury

46th-- Patricia Richardson and Ellen DeGeneres

47th-- Jason Alexander and Cybill Shepherd

48th-- Paul Reiser, Oprah Winfrey and Michael J. Fox

49th-- Bryant Gumbel

50th-- no host

51st-- Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce

52nd-- Garry Shandling

53rd-- Ellen DeGeneres

54th-- Conan O'Brien

55th-- Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Garrett, Darrell Hammond, George Lopez, Conan O'Brien, Bernie Mac, Garry Shandling, Martin Short, Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Dennis Miller

56th-- Garry Shandling

57th-- Ellen DeGeneres

58th-- Conan O'Brien

59th-- Ryan Seacrest

-- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, The Washington Post

*From Los Angeles Times archives