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Grammys Still Love L.A.
08/05/2004 4:05 PM, E! Online
Joal Ryan
Justin Timberlake has six months to get his next Grammy
apology speech down.
Of course, if Timberlake steers
clear of further Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunctions, he won't have to
issue a mea culpa at the 47th annual Grammy Awards, put down on the
calendar for Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.
As usual, CBS
will carry the planned three-and-a-half-hour telecast, to be hosted for
the second straight year from L.A.'s Staples Center.
In issuing the scheduling announcement Thursday, Grammy boss Neil
Portnow said the Recording Academy and CBS looked forward to another
evening's worth of "Grammy Moments."
Presumably,
Portnow wasn't talking about the unprecedented five-minute delay slapped
on last February's "live" broadcast by CBS in the wake of Jackson's
Timberlake-assisted breast-baring stunt on the Super Bowl. (As of now,
CBS is planning to broadcast next year's Grammys on a 60-second delay,
the network said Thursday.)
Last year, with performers on
their best behavior, relatively speaking, critics labeled the 46th
annual Grammys "somber" and anything but "cutting edge."
Still, the Super Bowl controversy spiked interest. Viewership was
up 6 percent from the 2003 New York-based telecast, with 26.3 million
tuning in--the largest Grammy audience in three years.
Jackson did not attend last February's Grammys, banned by CBS after
she refused to agree to apologize on air for her breast.
Timberlake, who was a performer and a winner that night, did accept
the network's ultimatum, assuring the TV nation that the Super Bowl bust
was "unintentional, [and] completely regrettable."
Nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards will be announced Dec. 8.
Among the albums eligible for consideration:
Jackson's Damita Jo.
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