Emmy Noms Set Goes Tech in Sleek Makeover
Production Designer John Shaffner Opts for Virtual Elegance
North Hollywood, CA – Stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Garrett not only assisted Television Academy Chair Dick Askin in unveiling the 2006 Primetime Emmy nominees, the three inaugurated a brand new nominations ceremony set.
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| Production Designer John Shaffner, also First Vice Chair of the Television Academy, consults with Chairman Askin and Paul Kaufman, governor of the Producers Peer Group. Shaffner led this year's makeover of the nominations ceremony set. |
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All Photos: Mathew Imaging
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Sleek minimalism and high-tech ambiance ruled this year's change of scenery. A colossal viewing screen functioned as virtual backdrop, along with a modest one embedded in the podium.
Production Designer John Shaffner—shown here with Askin and Television Academy governor Paul Kaufman—created the new look. Shaffner is also First Vice Chair of the Television Academy.
Douglass M. Stewart, Jr. produced this morning's live Primetime Emmy® nominations event, which may be viewed here online as an archived webcast.
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards telecast is set to air Sunday, August 27, 2006, on NBC Television, live from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. Late-nighter Conan O'Brien will host.
The Shrine is also the site for this year's Creative Arts Emmy® Awards gala, which will take place Saturday, August 19, and air at a later date on E! Entertainment Television. J. Bolden
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| Scores of media converge on Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, California, in the wee hours of July 6, where Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Garrett will join Dick Askin in announcing the 2006 Primetime Emmy nominees. |
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| Askin (far right) and Garrett (left) look on as a thrilled Louis-Dreyfus finds herself among nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. |
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| Nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series tower behind the guest hosts on the big screen.
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