Awards show hosting is a famously thankless gig that seems harder and harder to fill these days, but it’s hard to imagine a network doing better than hiring an Emmy nominee who’s currently hosting a game show on their network. That brings us to Anthony Anderson, who will host the Emmy Awards airing on January 14, 2024—delayed from their usual September date thanks to the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
“After Anthony hosted our upcoming show We Are Family, we knew he’d be a natural fit for a star-studded, anticipatory night like the Emmys,” said Allison Wallach, the head of unscripted programming at Fox, which will air this year’s awards. (Rights to the broadcast shuffle among the four major networks on a rotating schedule.) It’s a handy promo for their game show, of course, which premieres on January 3. But Anderson is a logical choice for many other reasons, including his own Emmy nominations for Black-ish and his performance on the show itself in years past:
“With our industry’s recent challenges behind us, we can get back to what we love — dressing up and honoring ourselves,” Anderson said in a statement. “And there’s no better celebratory moment to bring the creative community together than the milestone 75th Emmy Awards. When Fox asked me to host this historic telecast, I was over the moon that Taylor Swift was unavailable, and now I can’t wait to be part of the biggest night in television.”
If this news has you in the Emmy spirit, have we got the things for you: our new interactive Emmys ballot is now live, and you can make your picks for all the winners and have them handy for when the awards air in January. And for a guide to the eight biggest races with potential for surprise, of course we’ve got you covered.
Listen to Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men podcast now.