These were kind of expected – plus you get to see NBC take advantage of being the event broadcaster by slipping Blair Underwood in there as a presenter, not that they should be faulted for that as they’ve been reasonable in not making the Emmys too much of an overt promotional platform for their Fall line-up.
VIA PUBLICIST:
JON HAMM, EVA LONGORIA PARKER, JIM PARSONS AND BLAIR UNDERWOOD TO PRESENT AT THE 62NDPRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS
Primetime Emmy® Award Nominees Jon Hamm and Jim Parsons along with Eva Longoria Parker and Blair Underwood have been announced as presenters for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Jon Hamm – Nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series (“Mad Men”)
Eva Longoria Parker – Star of the ABC series “Desperate Housewives”
Jim Parsons – Nominated for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (“The Big Bang Theory”)
Blair Underwood – Star of the upcoming NBC series “The Event”
They join previously announced presenters Will Arnett, Stephen Colbert, Edie Falco, Tina Fey, Laurence Fishburne, Ricky Gervais, January Jones, John Krasinski, LL Cool J, Julianna Margulies, Joel McHale, Matthew Morrison, Matthew Perry, Keri Russell, Sofia Vergara. The telecast will be broadcast live coast-to-coast from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 (5:00pm PT / 8pm ET) on NBC. If you plan to Tweet this story, please use the official Emmys hash tag #Emmys10