Neil Patrick Harris Getting Set to Host Emmys

Now, gentle reader, you may be wondering, "Why even bother scraping together some low-rating bit of TV pus to honor shows that peaked three years ago or have always been kind of crappy?" And gentle reader, in that overlong query, you've got yourself a point. Some things we can already tell about this year's Emmys: True Blood will never get the love it deserves; Weeds will be rewarded for turning in what's so far been a lackluster fifth season; somehow CSI and Law & Order will sew up all the guest starring awards even if that one may actually deserve to go to Weeds, or more specifically to Jennifer Jason Leigh for her work as Bitchface; one of the Desperate Housewives will get a nomination for Best Actress nomination even though with the exception of Felicity Huffman, they're no more talented than any of the girls on Gossip Girl; and Mad Men and Breaking Bad will be handed a grab-bag of nominations based on their performance at last year's Emmys. But enough bad news. The silver lining on all this is that this year, Neil Patrick Harris could be pulling hosting duties. Swoon!

Fresh off hosting last month’s Tonys, Harris could probably do for the Emmys what Hugh Jackman did for the Oscars earlier this year: make it something more than a tedious, three hour endurance test. Harris has already proven that he can pry open the smallest of minds and carry a tune to boot, so even if we’re doomed to sit through a celebration of the irrelevant, at least it’ll have a little bit of life to it. Last year, you’ll recall, they rounded up some of the most staid reality TV personalities to divvy up hosting duties and elicited a collective WTF from everyone else. So really, the bar is so low that by virtue of showing up to host, Harris will make this year’s telecast better at least ten times more than last year’s.