Facebook Live and Instagram Will Be All Over the Emmy Awards

CBS will livestream from the red carpet Sunday evening via Facebook Live

Facebook, Instagram, the Television Academy and CBS are getting all spiffed up for the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be held Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Facebook Live will be front and center, with the TV Academy and CBS incorporating it into their coverage leading up to and during Emmys weekend, including the video below of host Stephen Colbert literally rolling out the red carpet.

CBS will livestream from the red carpet Sunday evening via Facebook Live, and the TV Academy will present Backstage Live! on Facebook on its page, featuring the winners backstage (including a thank-you cam) and ways to get fans involved.

Nominees including Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Huffman and Sterling K.

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