Synopsis

The sixty-first Primetime Emmy Awards took place on Sunday, September 21, 2008, at the newly opened Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The event celebrated excellence in American primetime television. Tom Bergeron, then also hosting *America's Funniest Home Videos* and *Dancing with the Stars* for ABC, shared hosting duties with Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Jeff Probst, and Ryan Seacrest. All four were nominated for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in the awards'