UPDATE – Neil Patrick Harris has been confirmed to host the 61st Annual Emmy Awards!!!

After getting fantastic reviews for hosting the Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris is now in talks to host the 61st Annual Emmy Awards that are set to air on Sept 20 on CBS.

Critics blasted the Emmy’s after last years choice of having 5 reality show hosts do the honnors of hosting the show.  If NPH were to host the Emmy’s it would also be a major plug for his show ‘How I Met Your Mother’, which is set to have its season premiere the next day also on CBS.

Besides hosting the Tony’s, NPH has also host the TV Land Awards and the Writers Guild Awards.