It's back to the ol' ballgame for CBS.

Having already bumped the 61st Annual Emmy Awards once to avoid airing  after an NFL doubleheader, CBS is putting the telecast back in its original timeslot after running up against another possible ratings deflator—the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Instead of airing the Emmys opposite MTV's more casual, youth-skewing celebfest, former sister company CBS has again scheduled the Television Academy's biggest night for Sept. 20, football (and the late start time it might cause) be damned.

"After we announced plans for Sept. 13, MTV informed us they were locked into the same day for the Video Music Awards, with venue and sponsorship agreements in place," said CBS Entertainment exec Jack Sussman. "We had the flexibility to move; they didn't.

"Huge thanks to the Television Academy and [show producer] Don Mischer for quickly moving mountains to make this happen."