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How Would You Change the Emmys?

Photo: Kevin Winter/2011 Getty Images
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 18:  (L-R) Actors Zachary Levi Cobie Smulders, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Flannery, Wilmer Valderrama, and Joel McHale speak onstage during the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 18, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photo: Kevin Winter/2011 Getty Images

Wave a magic wand over the entire Emmy ceremony: What would you change to make the show better? (Other than eliminating last night’s “Emmytones.” That’s a given — we would all get rid of that.) Would you give the host more to do and cut out some of the presenter shtick? Would you add more goofy moments, like the best comedy actress pageant riff? Cut the mini-series awards? Add animation and reality documentary series to the onscreen slate and move directing awards to the off-screen ceremony? How would you improve the Emmys for next year?

How Would You Change the Emmys?