Celebrities gathered on Sunday night for the 77th Emmy Awards. This was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. It was a fantastic year for television, with shows like The Pitt, The Studio, and Adolescence. They were celebrated all that night and so much more.
The Host With a Twist
Hosted by Nate Bargatze, this year, he found a new way to keep speeches short. This, although it got old quite quickly. There was money at stake for The Boys & Girls Clubs of America. $1,000 would be docked from $100,000 for every second a speech went over the allotted time. Or you could add $1,000 for each second the winners did not use. The bit continued throughout the show. Some winners, such as John Oliver, who won for best scripted variety series for Last Week Tonight, spoke extra fast to beat the timer.
By the end of the show, it was tragically low. Bargatze said he would donate $250,000 anyway. CBS also tacked on $100,000, which brought the total to $350,000. It’s unclear why the bit was truly needed when they could just donate the money; luckily, the organization wasn’t punished for the long-winded speeches that tend to happen.
Celebration for Colbert
The first presenter was Stephen Colbert, to which the audience exploded in applause and whoops in a standing ovation. This celebration of Colbert is brought on by the fact that The Late Show will end next June. He brought out his resume in a humorous bit about looking for work. His old headshot was given to Harrison Ford to “pass on” to Steven Spielberg.
Later on in the show, Bryan Cranston presented The Late Show with a trophy for Outstanding Talk Series. Colbert said he envisioned the comedy show would be about love, until he realized that he was doing a show about loss.
“Loss is related to love because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it.” He then told the audience. “Ten Years later, in September 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!”
Biggest Hits of the Night
Hollywood seems to love stories about itself. As a satire show starring and created by Seth Rogen, The Studio took home a record-breaking number of awards. The show picked up four trophies, and combined that with what they won at the Creative Arts Emmys. They won a total of 13 Emmys, breaking the record for the most Emmys for a comedy in one year. One category they won for was Outstanding Comedy Series. They beat out Hulu’s The Bear and the previous winner, HBO Max’s Hacks.
Medical dramas are a good genre to bring in audiences, for example, Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Med. The one that is shining this year is The Pitt. It picked up five Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series. Noah Wyle, who was nominated previously five times for his role in ER. Took home the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Also, Katherine LaNasa won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama.
Another show that rolled in trophies was Adolescence. The Netflix show about a teen boy accused of killing a fellow female classmate had eight wins (including the Creative Arts categories). Some of the awards it took home were for Best Limited or Anthology Series, Owen Cooper for supporting actor, Erin Doherty for supporting actress, and Philip Barantini for directing.
History Makers
Speaking of Cooper, he became the youngest male winner in the history of the Emmys at 15. He was very well spoken, and he briefly reflected by saying, “I was nothing about three years ago.” He also spoke some inspirational words: “If you listen and you focus and you step out of your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life.”
Tramell Tillman also made history by being the first Black man to win the award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for Severance. The majority of his speech was dedicated to his mother, as well as dedicating the award to her. He said, “My first acting coach was tough, y’all. But all great mothers are.” He goes on to say, “Your love and kindness stays with me; this is for you.
@varietymagazine Tramell Tillman wins Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the #Emmys for #Severance , dedicating the honor to his mom.
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Latinos had a win as well, with Frida Perez becoming the first Latina to win for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work as co-creator and executive producer on The Studio. She got a shout-out from Rogen onstage as he accepted the award.
A Win at Last
Cristin Milioti of The Penguin was bursting with excitement as she accepted her award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Crying, she mentioned the show’s team, her friends, and thanked her parents for showing adult movies growing up. She yelped as she remembered the timing of her speech. To wrap up, she says, “I love acting so much.” She then let out a joyful scream from all her hard work.
Speeches and Politics
The most political words of the night were short and sweet from Hannah Einbinder. At the end of her speech said, “Go birds, f— ICE and free Palestine.” While backstage, Einbinder added that she chose to speak about Gaza because “it’s an issue that’s really close to my heart for many reasons.”
Others approached the matter more delicately. Several winners broadcast the concept of kindness, joy, and coming together. Such as Alan Cumming of The Traitors, “It’s a difficult time we live in, but it is so great that our show brings a bit of joy into this life.” And Jeff Hiller of Somebody Somewhere, who mentioned that its writers made “a show about connecting and love in this time when compassion is seen as a weakness.”
To wrap it all together in a nice bow, television is powerful and exciting. It can evoke every emotion. You may disagree about who won or didn’t. Still, there is no denying that they put their all into these projects. It had its ups and downs, but the Emmys were truly another award night to remember.
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