Saturday, August 6, 2011

Jane Lynch, Mark Burnett Get Ready For The Emmys

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Jane Lynch,Emmys,Glee,TV,Ricky Gervais,Peter Falk,Access Hollywood,Primetime FIRST PUBLISHED: August 5, 2011 9:07 PM EDT
LAST UPDATED: August 6, 2011 12:37 PM EDTBy Jolie Lash

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. --

Jane Lynch helped Jimmy Fallon open the Emmys last year as her iconic “Glee” character, Sue Sylvester, but don’t expect the McKinley High cheerleading coach to have a big presence as the actress hosts the awards show on Sunday, September 18.

“I think a little bit of Sue Sylvester goes a long way,” Lynch told reporters at the Emmy Awards panel as part of the FOX presentation day at the Television Critics Association Summer Session in Beverly Hills on Friday. “There’s some ideas out there for Sue Sylvester, but I think we’ll probably leave her tracksuit on the Paramount lot.”

“If there’s any nod to Sue it will be very minor, because… a little bit of Sue goes a long way,” Emmys Executive Producer Mark Burnett added, echoing Lynch’s words.

Lynch said she’s open to doing “anything that works” when it comes to hosting the Emmys, but she probably won’t head down the path Ricky Gervais took at the most recent Golden Globes.

“I really enjoyed Ricky Gervais, but when you hire him — this is the guy that you’re hiring,” she said. “I think that my sensibility and Mark’s and

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