Kimmel helps roll out red carpet days before Emmy Awards

Four days before television’s elite gather in downtown Los Angeles for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, show host Jimmy Kimmel and the chairman of the Television Academy Wednesday helped roll out a record-long red carpet that celebrities will walk as they make their way into the Microsoft Theater.

Kimmel joked that the red carpet is so long, he and Television Academy Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum couldn’t physically roll the entire thing out.

Rosenblum said the 1,325-foot red carpet “symbolically represented the rapidly expanding television landscape and the talented storytellers and creators of the world’s most vibrant medium.”

The Emmys will be presented Sunday night.

Academy officials also announced today that actor Henry Winkler will introduce the “In Memoriam” segment of the telecast and give a “celebratory remembrance” of Garry Marshall, who died July 19. Marshall created “Happy Days,” the show that made Winkler a star.

Other presenters announced today included Tom Hiddleston, Kyle Chandler, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn, Allison Janney, Kiefer Sutherland, Hank Azaria, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Peter Scolari.

—City News Service