“Cheers ”and“ The Sopranos” Casts to Reunite at Emmy Awards as Part of Iconic TV Show Tribute (Exclusive)

The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Jan. 15 will pay homage to more than five beloved series by bringing their casts back together onstage

To make the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards special on Monday, its organizers are pulling out all the stops. That includes honoring more than five beloved TV shows, including Cheers and The Sopranos, by reuniting their casts.

Emmys host Anthony Anderson discussed the reunions with PEOPLE and hinted at what viewers can expect on Jan. 15.

“We are paying tribute to iconic shows that have changed the scope of television and entertainment by being on the air,” he explains. “We're going to be paying homage to them, having a lot of cast members come back as themselves, as these characters, and there's going to be a little interchange between me and them on the sets of their shows.”

Former Cheers costars Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, as well as Sopranos alum Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli, are expected to appear that evening.

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For Anderson, 53, the cast reunions translate to at least five costume changes “just because of what I'm going to be doing with the show as we are paying homage to iconic shows of the last 75 years,” he explains.

The former black-ish star also recently told PEOPLE his mother Doris Bowman will play a key role in Sunday’s ceremony.

"I can't host the Emmys without having Mama Doris on the stage with me, so we're finding some smart ways to incorporate her into the show," he explains.

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As is tradition at awards shows of this magnitude, when a winner goes long on their acceptance speech, music plays to nudge them off stage. But at this year's Emmys, Anderson says his 70-year-old fan-favorite mom will appear instead to gently nudge over-talkers to the wings.

"As opposed to having playoff music for when people run over on their speech, my mother appears on stage just tapping her wrist and her watch like, 'Speed this s--- up, speed it up, because I want to be out of here by 11,'" he jokes.

Anderson continues, "So we're going to see what kind of fun we can have without stepping on anyone's toes, because we know people have points to make, thank yous to make and mission statements to make during an acceptance speech. We have to be courteous to all the other nominees and actors who may be winning that night and courteous to the audience members who are watching at home."

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See PEOPLE's full coverage of the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which are airing live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Monday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

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