Neil Patrick Harris to Host Emmy Awards

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

CBS announced that Neil Patrick Harris will be the host of the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20th. This comes as no surprise to those of us who caught his spectacular turn as the host of the Tony Awards last month. The star of the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother is the perfect choice to erase the memory of last year’s five reality show hosts debacle.

Harris won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series back in 1990 for his starring role in Doogie Howser, M.D., at the ripe old age of 16. Since then he has continued to deliver impressive performances on television, in movies and on stage. Moviegoers have enjoyed him in films like Clara’s Heart, Starship Troopers and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, while Broadway audiences enjoyed his roles in Assassins, Proof and Cabaret.

What’s your favorite of Neil Patrick Harris roles:  TV star, movie star or Broadway star? Voice your choice in today’s featured poll. And be sure to check out the Emmy nominations tomorrow morning.

10:10 am on July 15, 2009

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Liz Warner, the voice of the People's Choice, has been delivering news, entertainment & arts coverage to entertainment fans for years, most recently on air and online at LA's Indie 103.1 FM. Liz is also an author and actress who appears frequently in both LA and New York. Her solo monologue show The Wandering Eye premiered at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival. Her critically acclaimed first book of essays, "Ditched by Dr. Right" (Random House) was published July 2005. Most recently, she was one half of the "He Said/She Said" Official Blogging Team for ABC's The Bachelor, and she is also announcer for Twentieth Century Fox TV's new series "Wedlock or Deadlock". Her second book is due for publication in 2011.