Dolly Parton Tribute, Noah Kahan ‘In Memoriam’ Performance Among Additional Emmy Telecast Plans

As Variety reported on Wednesday, the awards show will also include 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer' reunions

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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The 78th Emmys producers are planning a tribute to the late Dolly Parton, and have also signed up roots country music sensation Noah Kahan to perform “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” to accompany this year’s In Memoriam segment.

That’s among the details that the producers at Jesse Collins Entertainment, while also confirming — as Variety reported yesterday — that the stars of “Charlie’s Angels” will return to mark the show’s 50th anniversary, while Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz will reunite to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.”

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