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By Cassie Dresch TV Media

I t’s that time of year again! TV’s brightest stars are flocking to Los Angeles as one of the biggest television awards shows gets set to honor the best of the best of U.S. prime-time programming.

The “66th Primetime Emmy Awards” is sure to be an exciting event as new shows, new platforms and old favorites are looking to cash in on hard work, dedication and some extremely good television. Don’t miss who’s taking home the hardware when the “66th Primetime Emmy Awards” airs Monday, Aug. 25, on NBC.

First awarded by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1949, the Primetime Emmy Awards (originally referred to simply as Emmy Awards until the Daytime awards show rolled around) are to television what the Academy Awards are to movies. It’s an award that reflects excellence in all aspects of TV — from your most intense dramas to your most hysterical comedies; your best actors to your best hosts; and your best directors to your best writers.

This year, as with every year that NBC hosts the awards, TV’s best will be descending on the Nokia Theatre in L.A. a few weeks earlier than the usual mid-September date to avoid scheduling conflicts with NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” broadcast. The awards will be handed out to the best programs in U.S. prime time that aired from June 1, 2013, until May 31, 2014.

Of course, no show would be complete without a stellar host to lead the way, and NBC has tapped one seriously funny guy to take the reins as emcee for the night.

“Late Night’s” Seth Meyers is no stranger to a large, live audience, and he has the pedigree to ensure that a fun night is had by all. After joining “Saturday Night Live” in 2001, he forged his way through the writing ranks before being named the head writer and co-anchor of the Weekend Update segment in 2006. In 2011, he won his own Primetime Emmy for writing on “SNL,” and this past February, Meyers took over as host of

NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Mey- awards show is a man entertainment events in the world, endary producer.