EMMY AWARDS LOSES PRODUCER.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski The twice postponed 53rd annual Emmy Awards Emmy award Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. ran into another stumbling block stum·bling block n. An obstacle or impediment. stumbling block Noun any obstacle that prevents something from taking place or progressing Noun 1. Thursday when it lost its executive producer. Don Mischer announced Thursday he is unable to continue as executive producer because his company - Don Mischer Productions - is set to mount the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and he wouldn't have time for both duties. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. and executives of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences were working Thursday on deciding a date and format for a telecast showing the presentation of awards in 27 categories. Mischer will still serve as a consultant. ``The opening ceremonies in Salt Lake City will be the first opportunity since the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act began for a worldwide gathering of countries, and it's very a high-profile event that is important to our country and the world,'' Mischer said in a statement. Mischer had worked up a traditionally light-hearted Emmys program to air Sept. 16, which was scrapped because of the terrorist attacks five days earlier. He retooled the program to pare down Verb 1. pare down - decrease gradually or bit by bit pare minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" the comedy and include serious tributes to Sept. 11 victims and heroes, but the revised ceremony set for last Sunday was scrubbed shortly before air time because of U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan. |
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