Originally scheduled to be held at the Shrine Auditorium, the show will now be held at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles. Organizers are still working out logistical details of the ceremony, but Academy President Jim Chabin indicated that the show would be scaled down from the original gala planned September 11.

The show's audience will be smaller than anticipated because only about 2,000 seats are available at the Shubert. The academy had President Bush's blessing to hold the show at a local military base, but officials ruled it out because of logistical complications for both the armed forces and television crews.

Ellen DeGeneres will remain as host, and the traditional post-ceremony dinner is scheduled at the main ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel, across the street from the Shubert. There won't be a simultaneous ceremony in New York City as earlier planned.

According to Academy Chairman Bryce Zabel, show organizers had wrestled with the question of whether or not to go on with the show, but ultimately decided that it was. "For 52 previous years, through Korea, Vietnam, years of assassination and political turbulence, the Emmy has been awarded and the telecast completed," said Zabel. "It simply seems wrong to be the first year to abandon the telecast, especially when our leaders ask us to keep on with our business. This sends the wrong signal.

"Is an award statuette as important as war or peace? No. Is a TV show something that has to be done at all costs? No. Is it a cultural touchstone that, by virtue of its 'live' existence on the nation’s TV screens, deserves to be re-scheduled? Absolutely."

Although the show could conflict with the World Series if the fall baseball classic, broadcast on Fox, goes to a seventh game, Zabel said he has no problem with that.

"I think the image that sends to America -- two live events that they've come to watch every year are happening again, and they're going head-to-head -- I think that's a wonderful image for America, and I'd be happy to be a part of that," he said.