Don Mischer Productions to Produce 67th Primetime Emmy Awards

Emmy Award-winning producer Don Mischer and partners Charlie Haykel and Juliane Hare will return as producers of the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards airing LIVE coast-to-coast from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 20 (8:00-11:00 PM ET live/5:00-8:00 PM PT live) on FOX. Television's biggest night will be hosted by Andy Samberg.
 
"It's been a great year in television," said Don Mischer. "Celebrating the best of the season is a thrill for us, and having the talented and hilarious Andy Samberg on board as host will make for a can't-miss celebration."

Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced the morning of Thursday, July 16.

About Don Mischer Productions
The Mischer team has produced events ranging from We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards; to Super Bowl halftime shows (Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen), the Billboard Music Awards and the Opening Ceremonies of both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.

Mischer has been honored with 15 Emmy Awards, a record 10 Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, two NAACP Image Awards, a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, Europe's prestigious Gold Rose of Montreux and the 2012 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television from the Producers Guild of America. This marks the 13th time that Don Mischer Productions will be helming the Emmy telecast.

In his more than 20-year career, Charlie Haykel has collaborated in the producing of shows, including We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, the 61st, 62nd, 64th and 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 2011-2013 Billboard Music Awards, Super Bowl Halftime shows with Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones, as well as Eddie Murphy: One Night Only and the network series The Singing Bee. Haykel also served on the producing team for the millennium documentary by Steven Spielberg, titled "The Unfinished Journey."

Juliane Hare's producing credits include the 62nd, 64th and 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, 2011-2013 Billboard Music Awards, the 2011-2012 Comedy Awards, Eddie Murphy: One Night Only, Don Rickles: One Night Only, Fashion Rocks and Movies Rock. In 2009, she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series as a producer of From the Top at Carnegie Hall.

For more information and updates on the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, go to TelevisionAcademy.com/Emmys and follow @TelevisionAcad on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, and Pinterest.

About the Television Academy
The Television Academy seeks to expand the horizons of television excellence. It strives to empower storytellers who shape the evolving television space through the programs, publications and events of the Academy and its Foundation. And it celebrates those who have led excellence by recording their stories and recognizing their achievements through accolades and awards, including television's most coveted prize, the Primetime Emmy Award. For more information, please visit TelevisionAcademy.com.

About Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), a unit of 21st Century Fox, is home to some of the highest-rated and most acclaimed series on television, including Empire, Gotham, The Last Man On Earth, American Idol, The Following, New Girl, Glee, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Simpsons, Family Guy and Sleepy Hollow. FOX is the only network to ever rank No. 1 in the key adult demographic for eight consecutive seasons and continues to dominate all network competition in the more targeted Adults 18-34 and Teen demographics. FOX airs 15 hours of primetime programming a week, as well as major sports and Sunday morning news. Through the FOX NOW app, FOX viewers can watch full episodes of their favorite FOX shows on a variety of digital platforms, while enjoying enhanced interactive and social capabilities around those shows. Download the FOX NOW app at www.fox.com/foxnow. "Like" FOX on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FOXTV and follow the network on Twitter @FOXTV. For additional information about FOX, please visit www.fox.com.

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