With the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards just days away, the round-the-clock preparations are already under way at the Nokia Theatre, where the awards will be presented Sunday. Like Sunday night's main event, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys airing Friday also has its stars and trophies. But it will offer something more - a peek into how the TV industry works. “It's really going to be a very entertaining show and people are going to learn a lot about television,” says producer Spike Jones Jr., who adds, Not in a PBS way, but from the “bosses,” or showrunners, who create and produce TV programs. The ceremony, held last weekend teamed showrunners and stars from nominated series as presenters, including Ryan Murphy and Jane Lynch of “Glee” and Matthew Weiner and Christina Hendricks of “Mad Men.” Jones promises fun from presenters such as Andy Samberg and Seth Meyer of “Saturday Night Live” and showrunner Marc Cherry and Vanessa Williams of “Desperate Housewives.” For Jones, a touching moment involved Seth Green, executive producer of “Robot Chicken,” who was presenting the award for best short-format animated program. “He opened up the envelope and `Robot Chicken' won,” said Jones, who delighted in the award. “Seth's been a friend to our (creative arts) show for so many years. ... He's the first person we book because he's such a nice guy.” After winning (or losing) Emmys, 3,600 celebrities and other invitees will end the evening at the Governors Ball inside the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, just steps away from the Nokia Theatre. The behemoth 57,600-square-foot space already has been transformed into a celestial heaven for Sunday's galactic dinner party. Stagehands were hard at work Wednesday constructing the sprawling Emmys set on stage inside the Nokia Theatre. Unlike last year's show, which featured the control room in a corner of the stage, this year's scenery includes five giant flatscreens, vertical lights and multiple copper and white walls covered in a textured square pattern. Meanwhile, in the audience, placards mark celebs' spots. The Emmys are a big deal. Just ask Jimmy Fallon. The host said he was reminded of the ceremony's importance when dozens of photographers and reporters were on hand Wednesday morning to document him merely unraveling a roll of carpet with executive producer Don Mischer and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences chairman John Shaffner.
