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A major emphasis on comedy -- with presenters including David Letterman, Bob Newhart and Joan Rivers -- will be evident on this year's Emmy show, according to executive producer Don Ohlmeyer, a veteran of sports programming at both ABC and NBC. Ohlmeyer produced the Emmys once before, a full de...

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Published inThe Orlando sentinel
Main Author Jay Bobbin, Tribune TV log
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Orlando, Fla Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 19.09.1987
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Summary:A major emphasis on comedy -- with presenters including David Letterman, Bob Newhart and Joan Rivers -- will be evident on this year's Emmy show, according to executive producer Don Ohlmeyer, a veteran of sports programming at both ABC and NBC. Ohlmeyer produced the Emmys once before, a full decade ago, and he concedes that he's "not re-inventing the wheel" by doing it again. "You'll turn it on and see people presenting and accepting awards. That's the nature of the show, but we're going to try to approach it a little differently."