Neil Patrick Harris Talks Emmys, IDOL and 'DANCE' Pros 'Tabitha & Napoleon' To EW

Theatre favorite Neil Patrick Harris will be a guest judge on Fox's AMERICAN IDOL this season. The "How I Met Your Mother" star joined the judges table for the Dallas auditions. The ninth season of AMERICAN IDOL will premiere on Fox in January 2010.

Harris spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his time "behind the table" on 'IDOL', judge Kara and his love of the tv hit SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.

He exclaimed to EW about 'DANCE' and how his love of it might leak over into his Emmy hosting duties, "Yes. I love the So You Think You Can Dance show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV. I think those dancers are extraordinary and, more so, I think those choreographers are uniformly amazing. So I pitched bringing back some sort of dance element to the awards show, which had been done away with because it seemed tepid. You have superstar dance people now that are outrageously talented. It's like Cirque du Soleil level. They are doing things that are just sick. And so I got two of who I think are the best choreographers on SYTYCD - Tabitha and Napoleon - to be involved in some movement elements. Because I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys." To read the full interview, click here.

Neil Patrick Harris will also host the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS on September 20th. He will also serve as a producer for the night.

In addition to his acclaimed hosting of the Tonys, Harris has done awards show triple duty so far this year as host of the TV Land Awards and the non-televised Writers Guild Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Harris will also be appearing in two upcoming films; "Beastly" and "The Best and the Brightest" according to the Hollywood Reporter. The two pictures will film this summer During the summer hiatus from his CBS comedy, "How I Met Your Mother".

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, Neil Patrick Harris can currently be seen as Barney Stinson in the hit CBS comedy series, "How I Met Your Mother," a role which recently garnered him a 2009 Golden Globe nomination and two consecutive Emmy Award nominations. From his film debut opposite Whoopi Goldberg in Clara's Heart and his seminal role as the beloved titular character in "Doogie Howser, M.D.," to his recent turn in Joss Whedon's online sensation, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Harris has enjoyed a successful career spanning more than twenty years in the industry. Among his many theatrical credits include the dual role of The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald in the Tony Award-winning production of Assassins, as well as acclaimed performances in the Broadway productions of Cabaret and Proof.

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