A television season that will be remembered for the revival of the sitcom, the utter fiasco surrounding the fate of NBC’s late night programming, the end of three classic dramas, and hot young sex symbol Betty White gets commemorated on Sunday with the 62nd annual Emmy Awards, to be telecast on NBC. Here are a few of the pressing questions that we’ll have answered by the end of the evening:

Can host Jimmy Fallon hold his own? NBC is hoping to use this year’s Emmys to vault Fallon to the next level of prestige, after a year where he’s been completely overshadowed by all the drama with the two Tonight Shows. Conan O’Brien hosted the Emmys the previous two times NBC had the telecast, so it makes sense that Fallon would be tapped for the job. But there has to be some concern if he’s truly ready for the big room. Fallon has settled in nicely on Late Night, but no one has forgotten how nervous and overeager he seemed at first. It’s one thing to look uncomfortable on a small set before an audience of 200 or so, but if he can’t hold it together at the Nokia Theatre, the reviews will be brutal. It remains to be seen how well Fallon’s idea of using viewer tweets as material will go over; the Emmys are usually too fast paced to allow for much commentary after the opening monologue.

Will Conan O’Brien win, and if so, will he behave? Anticipation is high for Coco’s return to NBC, after being hung out to dry during the few months he was given as host of The Tonight Show. Simply being nominated for that noble ratings failure when Jay Leno couldn’t manage the feat with either of his two series ought to be its own reward, but a Conan win would be one of the night’s unquestioned highlights, and a priceless chance to promote his upcoming TBS talk show besides. O’Brien’s settlement with NBC contained language that prohibits his from trashing the peacock outright, but he danced right up to the edge of that deal when he gave an interview to 60 Minutes earlier this year, and one can assume he’ll be able to find a legal way to let viewers know that he’s gloating on the inside. But it wouldn’t be surprising to see Conan take the (mostly) high road … especially now that David Letterman is doing enough Leno-bashing for them both.

What are the night’s potential emotional high points? Aside from a Conan win, there will certainly be curiosity about whether Martin Short can pull off a best supporting actor win for his way-against-type turn on Damages, following the sudden death of his wife earlier this week. Short understandably will not be in attendance, but will have most viewers pulling for him. There will also be anticipation over whether Lost will get any major awards for its final season, though it would be hard to honestly argue that it deserves any of the biggies it is up for, considering the competition (as good as best supporting actor nominee Michael Emerson has been in the past, his Ben Linus character spent almost all season as a bystander). And this could finally be the season where the actors behind two of the great characters of the decade, Hugh Laurie and Michael C. Hall, finally get their Emmy. Yes, holdover best actor in a drama winner Bryan Cranston and his top competition Jon Hamm were as good as ever, but Laurie’s performance in the season premiere of House was a stripped-down marvel, and Hall (winner of the most recent Golden Globe) took Dexter to his darkest place yet. Whoever wins this Emmy — and we really can’t count out the other two names here, Matthew Fox and Kyle Chandler — will have beaten insanely tough competition to get it.

Will a new show rule the night? While the Emmys are justly criticized for routinely honoring the same automatic series and actors year in and year out, the television academy has been known to put its stamp of approval on first-year series with multiple major honors. Both 30 Rock and Mad Men scored big in their first seasons, and have carried on ever since. Four new shows have a boatload of nominations, and in theory could become the newest Emmy sensation: Glee, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife. All of these shows seem likely to get at least one acting winner (Jane Lynch, Edie Falco, Julianna Margulies, and one of the supporting actors from the Modern Family ensemble), so the potential is there for a near sweep if one of them has truly grabbed the academy. The sense is that it’s the year of Glee, especially since it has the feel of a series that might flame out in a hurry.

How will the major networks do? The irony about the Emmys as of late is that while the telecast rotates among the four major commercial networks, shows and actors from those same networks aren’t being recognized all that often anymore. This is especially true of CBS, whose crime procedurals score well in the Nielsens, but rarely with Emmy voters. It just so happens that the current TV deal for the Emmys expires with this year’s ceremony, and there are questions about whether the Big Four are going to be as eager to continue to pay for the rights to broadcast an annual salute to their cable competition. If, for example, Lost can win the best drama Emmy, something it managed in its debut season but not since, this may be seen as an olive branch from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to the networks.