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Kenan Thompson teases what to expect from his 2022 Emmys hosting duties, perchance debuting a caller personage impersonation and if producers are readying a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
Kenan Thompson to Host Emmys 2022!
Kenan Thompson is arsenic chill arsenic a cucumber heading into his Emmys hosting duties.
"I'm ace ready," the comedian exclusively told E! News up of emceeing the 74th Annual Emmy Awards connected Sept. 12. "I can't wait. I'm ace pumped."
The Saturday Night Live seasoned promises helium will "keep the enactment ambiance going" passim the show with a "fun, precocious energy," adding, "I cognize it's a agelong time and a agelong program, but I deliberation that's going to beryllium my main absorption truthful it doesn't consciousness truthful tasking. It should consciousness similar a celebration."
When it comes to the night's large nominees, Kenan shared, "I'm excited for Abbot Elementary, I'm excited for Quinta [Brunson]. I'm excited for a batch of shows. It's bully to spot Barry back. Ted Lasso's having a ace moment…Maisel is back. All these radical are inactive doing precise precocious caliber work, which is bully to see."
While the histrion didn't privation to spoil his opening monologue, helium did tease a imaginable personage content during the telecast.
"I deliberation it's a nighttime that has accidental for that, but I decidedly would emotion to find thing caller successful the infinitesimal conscionable to support it spontaneous," helium said coyly. "That would beryllium a batch of fun. I'm definite there's a batch of characters successful determination truthful hopefully we tin find idiosyncratic to play with."
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As for whether oregon not Emmys producers are readying immoderate benignant of tribute to Queen Elizabeth II pursuing the monarch's death past week, Kenan says that's each up to the showrunners.
"I deliberation they're inactive trying to determine what to bash due to the fact that it's a nighttime astir tv and tv actors and creators," helium explained, "so that I don't truly know."
Don't miss the 2022 Emmys tonight, Sept. 12, astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock.
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Don't miss E!'s unrecorded 2022 Emmys reddish carpet sum Monday, Sept. 12, starting astatine 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT followed by the Emmy Awards ceremonial astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock.
