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i think all our days began uh either\h
turning on the tv or listening to the\h\h

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radio or someone we know calling us and\h
saying have you seen what's happening\h\h

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and then trying to find out what the\h
town thought was appropriate to do about\h\h

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the situation and that's really been the defining\h
moment for us i was very disappointed that they\h\h

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were canceled i said to myself immediately it's\h
an honor just to be evacuated i was just trying\h\h

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to take the heat off you bill and give you\h
give america someone else to be mad at well uh\h\h

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thank you but yeah through a party that people\h
don't want to come to and i think a lot of people\h\h

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woke up in the morning they turned on the tv and\h
they saw that we were at war america strikes back\h\h

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if there were something to happen again do you\h
see yourself canceling this again for good or\h\h

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no matter what happens this show will go on our\h
plan on november 4th is to give the emmys away\h\h

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one way or the other and so the show is going on\h
and that's our plan and i guess if i have to show\h\h

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up on the stage and hand them out myself i'll do\h
that bryce i don't know if you're a baseball fan\h\h

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but uh you know you know that there's a risk\h
here the world series will be going on at that\h\h

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time if there is a seventh game needed between\h
whichever teams are playing it'll happen on that\h\h

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same night it'll happen on fox and you're going\h
to be broadcast on cbs and those two programs\h\h

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could bump into each other how worried about that\h
are you i'm not i'm not a cbs programmer but i'll\h\h

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tell you something matt it seems to me that\h
if what happens on november 4th sunday night\h\h

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is that the world series is uh broadcast live\h
on one network and the emmy awards is broadcast\h\h

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live on another network that is a powerful symbol\h
to all the world and especially to americans here\h\h

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at home that things are going on the way they're\h
supposed to be going on because things are still\h\h

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happening around here and so i would look at that\h
as a good and positive thing instead of a negative\h\h

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do you feel something of a deadline pressure we\h
need to get this done i do feel some deadline\h\h

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pressure i feel that there's a little uh fatigue\h
i'm certainly fatigued by the whole affair and i'm\h\h

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sure uh people like yourselves who who cover this\h
are somewhat fatigued we need to make a decision\h\h

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sooner than later and for 52 years the emmy\h
awards have been given out so it seems kind of\h\h

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strange that on the 53rd year we can't figure out\h
how to do it so in the interest that's going on\h\h

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we're going on this time you're going forward but\h
with some changes let's talk about those changes\h\h

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primarily security what's changed uh well security\h
has always been job one for us and you talk\h\h

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about heightened states of alert we've been on a\h
heightened state of alert from the very beginning\h\h

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and we've brought significant resources to bear on\h
the shubert theater which is a different challenge\h\h

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from the last place we are at the shrine but we\h
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that you might expect at a presidential visit\h
so when you bring these resources to a single\h\h

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location at a single date uh you can make a a\h
very big impact and i think we have what what is\h\h

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the mood inside and everywhere around i mean it's\h
gone through so many changes we have gone through\h\h

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a lot of changes i think that the thing that's\h
happened in america as well as here on this uh\h\h

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telecast in a smaller sense is that no one takes\h
anything for granted anymore so i think that we're\h\h

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all really happy to be experiencing this this this\h
opportunity really to share this event with uh\h\h

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with america and with the entertainment industry\h
it's really it's really kind of a nice moment\h\h

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live from the shubert theater in los angeles\h
it's the 53rd annual prime time emmy awards\h\h

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ladies and gentlemen the academy\h
is chairman and ceo bryce sable

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thank you all for allowing this show\h
to go on by your presence here tonight\h\h

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after the september 11th atrocities\h
this telecast was twice postponed\h\h

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the academy did get a lot of advice after that\h
some of it saying we should just forget about it\h\h

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try again next year it's true that an award show\h
and virtually everything else you can think of\h\h

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seems insignificant compared to what happened on\h
that awful day that wasn't the issue though this\h\h

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is terrorism doesn't stop with shattered glass\h
and shattered lives it aims to crush the spirit\h\h

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of the survivors to have given up would have\h
been more than a postponement or a cancellation\h\h

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it would have been a defeat that's because\h
52 years previously through war and peace\h\h

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through assassinations and civil unrest\h
the emmys have been awarded on television\h\h

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like baseball and broadway we are an american\h
tradition many millions of viewers from more\h\h

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than 50 different nations are watching tonight\h
and they see us exercising our right to assemble\h\h

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and proclaiming that fundamental ideal that\h
inspires all artists freedom of expression

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how do you see the role that hollywood will play\h
in this war on terrorism well wolf i was at that\h\h

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first meeting a few weeks ago and i think there\h
was some frustration in that there was a desire to\h\h

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feel more of a sense of of uh whatever the mission\h
was going to be whatever the specifics would be so\h\h

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we look forward to hearing from karl rove today\h
about some of his thoughts i think actually\h\h

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a lot of what we're talking about is going to\h
be driven by the spirit of volunteerism uh you\h\h

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probably know i've just gotten through staging\h
the emmys after three tries we opened up the emmys\h\h

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with a trumpeteer playing god\h
bless america and the american flag\h\h

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karl rove or mark here didn't call us and ask\h
us to do that we did that because we thought\h\h

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it was the appropriate choice so i think we'll be\h
talking about some of the things that might work\h\h

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uh and might not work for the various parties this\h
is assuming that that the creative community in\h\h

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hollywood is not going to change american policies\h
to which uh much of the muslim world may object\h\h

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is it appropriate do you think for the hollywood\h
community to say gee you know we better watch what\h\h

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we're writing here and saying we better watch\h
who we're casting as villains because it may\h\h

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have a really bad impact in the rest of the world\h
i i'm not sure that that's necessary and i'm not\h\h

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sure that that's what's being asked i think that\h
artists need to pursue creativity as they always\h\h

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have that's one of the great american freedoms\h
that we want to show the rest of the world uh\h\h

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the larger issue though is is what you you raised\h
every day the american popular culture does send\h\h

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certain messages out to the rest of the world\h
that's right and proper i think because that's\h\h

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just what our artistic output is the question\h
is are there other things that that might be\h\h

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entertained at this point and i i would mention\h
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uh shows that have yet to get off the ground\h
there are probably episodes being written for\h\h

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television series that you'll be seeing in the\h
next few months that reflect some of these values\h\h

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and there are probably all kinds of ancillary\h
things from there might be patriotic message\h\h

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messages i would imagine before a movie that that\h
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uh languages and broadcast around the world it's\h
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not being put on the table by the government\h
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i think they're really trying to start a\h
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good morning everyone you know usually the only\h
time people in southern california get up this\h\h

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early is for an earthquake so we certainly do\h
appreciate all of you making the effort to be\h\h

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here to join us at this time i'm bryce abel the\h
chairman of the board of the academy of television\h\h

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arts and sciences to present the nominees for the\h
54th annual primetime emmy awards i'm pleased to\h\h

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introduce three-time emmy nominee laura innis from\h
er and emmy winner eric mccormick from will and\h\h

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grace good morning that concludes our nomination\h
ceremonies today we want to thank you for\h\h

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coming here this morning let me also extend our\h
congratulations to all our nominees and ask you to\h\h

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be sure to join us on sunday september 22nd when\h
the primetime emmy awards will be presented on nbc\h\h

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no cancellations thank you guys thanks\h
appreciate it now give us your review\h\h

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well let me give you a conan's review\h
i just talked to conan backstage and\h\h

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right before i went on and he said this is really\h
going well and he said that he had tried to front\h\h

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load as much as he could to the beginning of the\h
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relax i think that's happened i think the audience\h
is into it and i think it's a heck of a good show\h\h

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so the review you would give conan o'brien\h
then is i give him two thumbs up i guess uh\h\h

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and i i give the show the same i'm i couldn't be\h
happier i mean to look at a show that's happening\h\h

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when it's supposed to be happening and the place\h
that we said it would happen is wonderful news\h\h

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and and when conan and you got the osmores you\h
got tom hanks i'm sitting next to steven spielberg\h\h

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what kind of star power are we do we have here\h
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wherever you want because you're like the guy okay\h
well i'm sitting next to steven spielberg i mean\h\h

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it's so great to have everyone here covering us\h
and giving us this kind of publicity because you\h\h

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know this is television's greatest night out well\h
as we said color was on the red carpet smiles were\h\h

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everywhere this is how it should be well you know\h
somebody asked me they said well what was your you\h\h

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know what was your first impression when you got\h
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sound i was hearing fan gelling because you'll\h
remember last year we were not allowed to have\h\h

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the fans there because of the security concerns so\h
this year we were able to bring them back in and\h\h

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let them be part of the party and i thought that\h
was really terrific hey can you get me brad pitt\h\h

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and jennifer aniston i'd like to get them i talked\h
to them back i had a shrimp next to brad pitt\h\h

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i told both of them thank you for a showing up to\h
to do the the whole thing with the friends cast\h\h

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but for brad to be you know part of television\h
when he doesn't have to be but it proves that\h\h

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it's fun to be in tv and it's important to be in\h
tv he made a really profound statement i agree\h\h

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and they were funny as could be in the opening\h
thing with conan which was just great i thought\h\h

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well it's a great night thank you so\h
much and again we appreciate everything\h\h