| News Morris, O'Brien and Sutherland Confirmed as Presenters Kathryn Morris, Conan O’Brien and Kiefer Sutherland have been confirmed as presenters for the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The show will broadcast live from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium, Sunday, September 19 (8 11 p.m. ET Live/PT tape delay) on ABC. Kathryn Morris stars as the headstrong and resourceful detective Lilly Rush in CBS’ #1 new drama Cold Case, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. On the big screen, Morris has been seen in memorable roles in The Contender, Minority Report, A.I., Paycheck, As Good As it Gets and Jerry Maguire. Emmy Award winner Conan O’Brien has earned two Emmy nominations this year for his work on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien; one for the show and another for his writing. In 2003 Late Night was honored with its first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Variety Series and O’Brien and the Late Night writing team have consistently been nominated since 1996; the Late Night writing staff have also won four Writer’s Guild Awards. O’Brien began his career as a writer on HBO’s Not Necessarily the News, he then worked for three and a half years as a writer on Saturday Night Live. In the fall of 1991 he signed on as a writer/producer for the FOX series The Simpsons and later became the show’s supervising producer. Kiefer Sutherland has earned his third Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Jack Bauer in the Emmy nominated Fox drama 24. The role also garnered him a SAG Award this year as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations, one of which he won in 2002. Sutherland recently completed production on the independent film The River Queen opposite Samantha Morton. He has had a successful movie career including recent roles in films such as Taking Lives and Phonebooth. Don Mischer is executive producer of the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which are presented by the Academy of Television Art & Sciences. |

