Jimmy Kimmel is making sure this year's Emmys will be safe, as evident from the brand new key art for the 2020 awards.
The late night host, 52, is shown keeping a respectable six-foot distance from a giant version of the Emmy Award in the promo image, which was revealed on Tuesday.
'On TV's biggest night, we're not taking any chances,' the poster for the September 20th show declared up top.
Precautions: Jimmy Kimmel is seen keeping a safe social distance from a giant Emmy award in the newly revealed key art for the September 20th show
This year's ceremony will definitely be unlike any other, the first in Emmy Awards history to take place virtually.
News of the virtual ceremony emerged in July when Kimmel and producers shared a letter that said: 'As you've probably guessed, we're not going to be asking you to come to the Microsoft Theatre in downtown LA on September 20th.
'This year, it's still going to be TV industry's biggest night out... but we'll come to you!'
'We are assembling a top notch team of technicians, producers and writers to work closely with Jimmy Kimmel and with you and your team, to make sure that we can film with you (and loved ones or whomever else you choose to be with) at your home, or another location of your choice.
'We're going to make you look fabulous — we're exploring the cutting edge technology to allow to use good cameras and lighting and look forward to working with you to produce your unique "on screen" moments,' it went on.
A new format: This year's ceremony will definitely be unlike any other, the first in Emmy Awards history to take place virtually
More information about the upcoming event emerged last week.
Talent will be filmed at their homes instead of heading to the Staples Center, where Kimmel will be hosting the festivities from. Select presenters and performances may or may not happen at the LA space. There will be no red carpet or audience, according to Variety.
That means this year will be free from a red carpet dress code, so actors, creator and producers can wear whatever they desire - from gowns to PJs.
'They might be at home, they might be in the garden, might be in a hotel, they might be standing on the side of the street. It doesn't really matter, wherever they feel comfortable,' said Ian Stewart, the president of Done+Dusted, the company overseeing the production of the awards show.
'But we want to bring every nominee that we can logistically, live into the show.'
'If you want to be in your sweats on your sofa that's also fine,' he continued. 'It will be much more casual, much more fun, as we're more in it together.
'It will go where it goes. We hope really well, but I can't sit here and say that it's going to go 100% perfectly because no one's ever done it before.'
Space: Talent will be filmed at their homes instead of heading to the Microsoft Theatre, where Kimmel (above in 2019) will be hosting the festivities from. Select presenters and performances may or may not happen at the LA space
Executive producer Reginald Hudlin told Variety: 'So often when people win they award, they dedicate it to their kids. Well, your kids can be right there with you. Maybe you're accepting the award from their bedroom. This is a chance to reinvent every aspect of it. We really want people to think about that.'
There may be live presenters at the show as well as live musical numbers, it was added.
'Jimmy loves to work live, and we love to work live,' added Hudlin.
'This is a show that will still very much be, whenever and however possible, a live show. There's a lot of challenges that come with doing a live show in a COVID environment. But we're not running from those problems, we're embracing them.'
He added, 'One is that it's so large that the crew can work safely under COVID-safe protocols and be at the appropriate distance from each other because obviously the most important thing is safety first.
Technical challenge: The site added that there will be a total of 140 live feeds all happening at the same time. Above the 2016 set can be seen
'The second part is, this show will need an unbelievable number of wiring connections in and out, because the nominees are not going to be there.
'So we're going to take cameras to where they are. And the number of feeds that that requires is so massive that we need a facility like the Staples Center, which is used to having that much signal from reporters covering sports to handle the kind of in and outputs that it requires.'
The site added that there will be a total of 140 live feeds all happening at the same time.
'This will all depend on the comfort level of the people at the other end, but we've got to go and find them,' he said.
'So one of the things we are trying to do is get the highest-end kit to wherever that person is on whatever level of comfort they have.
'The best thing for us is to have very high-end cameras, with a person operating them in somebody's house or wherever they are. That's our starting point.'
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will air live September 20th on ABC.
72nd Primetime Emmy Awards: All the major nominations
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations honor the best and brightest in television. Here's a list of all the major categories...
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul, AMC
The Crown, Netflix
The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu
Killing Eve, BBC America
The Mandalorian, Disney+
Ozark, Netflix
Stranger Things, Netflix
Succession, HBO
Succession, HBO
Ozark, Netflix
The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Zendaya, Euphoria
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show; Oliva Colman, The Crown and Zendaya, Euphoria
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO
Dead To Me, Netflix
The Good Place, NBC
Insecure, HBO
The Kominsky Method, Netflix
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon
Schitt's Creek, Pop
What We Do In The Shadows, FX
The Good Place, NBC
Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO
What We Do In The Shadows, FX
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracy Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Issa Rae, Insecure
Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Meathod
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek; Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Outstanding Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
The Masked Singer
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Regina King, Watchmen
Octavia Spencer, Self Made
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
Regina King, Watchmen
Regina King, Watchmen; Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere; Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere, Hulu
Mrs. America, FX on Hulu
Unbelievable, Netflix
Unorthodox, Netflix
Watchmen, HBO
Unorthodox, Netflix
Little Fires Everywhere, Hulu
Unbelievable, Netflix