{"id":18216,"date":"2013-05-29T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=18216"},"modified":"2013-05-29T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:22:51","slug":"cbs-confirms-neil-patrick-harris-will-return-as-emmys-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/05\/29\/cbs-confirms-neil-patrick-harris-will-return-as-emmys-host\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Confirms Neil Patrick Harris Will Return as Emmys Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Emmy Awards broadcast returns to CBS this year, and with it comes a returning host in Neil Patrick Harris.<\/p>\n<p>CBS confirmed Wednesday that the &#8220;How I Met Your Mother&#8221; star, who hosted the 2009 edition of the show, will emcee the 2013 Emmys this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeil is the quintessential host \u2013 engaging, entertaining and a true showman \u2013 with a passion for celebrating the medium we all love.  We\u2019re thrilled for him to return for CBS\u2019s broadcast of the Emmy Awards,\u201d said Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>NPH has received solid marks for his awards show hosting duties and thus makes for a safe, appealing choice for The Eye.  Certainly not detrimental to matters is the fact that his &#8220;How I Met Your Mother&#8221; kicks off its final season on CBS this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn&#8217;t be more honored and excited to be hosting this year&#8217;s Emmy Awards,\u201d said NPH. \u201cAnd what perfect timing \u2013 I&#8217;ll just do the exact same script I&#8217;m about to use for the Tonys. \u2018And the Emmy for Best Revival of a Musical goes to \u2018Breaking Bad!\u2019 See, told you it works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[275,362,269,363,364],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBS Confirms Neil Patrick Harris Will Return as Emmys Host<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NPH returns to the Emmys stage. 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