Like the Oscars before it, the upcoming 71st Emmy Awards ceremony will go on without a celebrity¹ host.

 

就像之前的奥斯卡一样，即将举行的第71届艾美奖颁奖典礼将不会有明星主持人。

 

Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said Wednesday that going host-less allows more time to salute² departing shows, including "Game of Thrones."

 

The HBO fantasy saga³, which ended its run this past season, is the top nominee⁴ with a record-setting 32 nominations⁵.

 

The Emmy show rotates among the top broadcast networks.

 

"We need to do this well. We have a great story to tell," Executive Producer Don Mischer said. "We have great stories that will influence people and move people and touch people. We can do that with a host and we can do that without a host. And we've done it before. We've done Emmy Awards with hosts before and they've been very successful so we're not feeling pressure about it."

 

The Oscars ran into trouble when last year's planned host, Kevin Hart, stepped down following a backlash over his past homophobic tweets. The search for a replacement⁶ proved fruitless.

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