emcee

Emmy Awards telecasts have a long history of recruiting primetime TV stars to emcee, too – usually sitcom headliners.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The show even weathered a major uproar over the botched host transition that followed the death of beloved emcee Alex Trebek in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Comedian Trevor Noah is slated to emcee, and singer Chappell Roan is expected to perform for deep-pocketed advertisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Ariana DeBose served as emcee from 2022 to 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The emcee announces my name, and I walk out onstage.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

They are thanked, and thanked, and thanked, by the emcees and by many tributes on-screen, including multiple A.I. slop videos commemorating soldiers past and present.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

But the organization chooses its emcees with intent.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025

Ayers’ career got a significant revival in the 1990s when, during hip-hop’s Golden Era, sample-minded emcees plumbed his ample catalog and worked his music into theirs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

Dance workshops, DJs, graffiti, and emcees will take over various spaces and the main stage will feature some of the best dancers in the world.

From BBC ● May 3, 2024

“This is the first time three black women emcees are headlining,” Holmes noted.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

County executive Aisha Braveboy hosted “listening sessions,” emceed by her deputy chief of staff, Devan Martin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The festival kicked off Friday evening with the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony at Bovard Auditorium, emceed by Times columnist LZ Granderson, recognizing both emerging voices and established writers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

Noah has emceed the ceremony every year since 2021.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

Kimmel, who is among the top talk show personalities in the US, emceed the Oscars four times and has hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! since 2003.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

And he won the first-ever online bee emceed by Dev Shah, last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

His wide-ranging career also includes a role on the sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris,” a stint emceeing “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and turns in movies such as “Idiocracy” and “White Chicks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Even the snobbiest TV snoots can’t resist Alan Cumming as the playfully sadistic laird of Ardross Castle, emceeing what is essentially a closed circle murder mystery.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

While Williams has been out, a number of guest hosts — including Shepherd, Michael Rapaport, Leah Remini, Fat Joe, Whitney Cummings and others — have been emceeing the 13th and final season of the program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

Hot off the success of her first album, the 18-year-old told a newspaper that her emceeing career had a shelf life.

From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022

The kid who was emceeing the rally announced the next speaker, a girl named Ishani who had survived a rain bomb in India last year.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz