"Why would you've got an award present in the course of a pandemic?" Jimmy Kimmel asks rows of empty seats on the Staples Middle because the Emmy A
“Why would you’ve got an award present in the course of a pandemic?” Jimmy Kimmel asks rows of empty seats on the Staples Middle because the Emmy Award kicked off Sunday.
The tongue-and-cheek opener from veteran host Kimmel guarantees viewers a 72nd Emmy awards present like no different.
“No, severely, why are we having an award present in the course of a pandemic?” he asks because the group at ABC intercuts response photographs and observe laughter from earlier Emmy ceremonies. “…What is occurring tonight is just not vital. It isn’t going to cease Covid. It isn’t going to place out the fires. However it’s enjoyable and proper now we want enjoyable. My God do we want enjoyable. This has been a depressing yr. This has been a yr of division, injustice, illness, Zoom college, catastrophe and demise.”
The occasion would not have an viewers or a crimson carpet. As a substitute, nominees have been despatched their very own digicam equipment to broadcast stay from their residing rooms as Hollywood doles out trophies to TV’s high expertise within the first main leisure business ceremony for the reason that coronavirus pandemic started.
Plenty of winners reminded the viewers to register and get out to vote in November throughout their speeches. Moreover, nominees and winners wore completely different T-shirts with slogans like “Vote,” “Bear in mind Her Title” and “Black Lives Matter.”
Pop TV darling “Schitt’s Creek” swept the comedy class Sunday. Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy took residence the awards for greatest lead actress and greatest lead actress in a comedy sequence. Dan Levy and Annie Murphy gained for greatest supporting actor and greatest supporting actress in a comedy.
Dan Levy garnered the highest prize for writing for a comedy sequence. He additionally gained the award for greatest course of a comedy alongside Andrew Cividino. The present took additionally residence the prize for excellent comedy sequence.
“Schitt’s Creek,” which aired its sixth and remaining season earlier this yr, beforehand had not gained any Emmy awards for the present. In the course of the Artistic Arts Emmys earlier this week, the present took residence awards for greatest casting and greatest up to date costuming.
ABC is introduced winners within the comedy class with Emmy trophies by sending folks in tuxedo hazmat fits to nominees’ houses.
For the winner of greatest selection speak sequence, ABC shipped black containers to every of the nominees with the promise that solely the one who gained would discover an Emmy inside. John Oliver took residence the prize for “Final Week Tonight.”
And the winners are:
Lead Actress in a Comedy Collection:
WINNER: Catherine O’Hara — “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Christina Applegate — “Useless to Me” (Netflix)
Linda Cardellini — “Useless to Me” (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Issa Rae — “Insecure” (HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross — “Blackish” (ABC)
Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection:
WINNER: Eugene Levy — “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Anthony Anderson — “Black-ish” (ABC)
Don Cheadle — “Black Monday” (Showtime)
Ted Danson — “The Good Place” (NBC)
Michael Douglas — “The Kominsky Technique” (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef — “Ramy” (Hulu)
Writing for a Comedy Collection
WINNER: Dan Levy — “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil — “What We Do within the Shadows” (FX)
Tony McNamara — “The Nice” (Hulu)
Stefani Robinson — “What We Do within the Shadows” (FX)
Michael Schur — “The Good Place” (NBC)
Paul Simms, “What We Do within the Shadows” (FX)
David West Learn, “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Directing for a Comedy Collection
WINNER: Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy — “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
James Burrows — “Will & Grace” (NBC)
Gail Mancuso — “Fashionable Household” (ABC)
Daniel Palladino — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
Matt Shakman — “The Nice” (Hulu)
Amy Sherman-Palladino — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
Ramy Youssef — “Ramy” (Hulu)
Supporting Actor, Comedy
WINNER: Dan Levy — “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Mahershala Ali — “Ramy” (Hulu)
Alan Arkin — “The Kominsky Technique” (Netflix)
Andre Braugher — “Brooklyn 9-9” (NBC)
Sterling Ok. Brown — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
William Jackson Harper — “The Good Place” (NBC)
Tony Shalhoub — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
Kenan Thompson — “Saturday Evening Reside” (NBC)
Supporting Actress, Comedy
WINNER: Annie Murphy — “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Alex Borstein — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
Betty Gilpin — “GLOW” (Netflix)
D’Arcy Carden — “The Good Place” (NBC)
Marin Hinkle — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
Kate McKinnon — “Saturday Evening Reside” (NBC)
Yvonne Orji — “Insecure” (HBO)
Cecily Robust — “Saturday Evening Reside” (NBC)
Finest Comedy Collection
WINNER: “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Useless to Me” (Netflix)
“The Good Place” (NBC)
“Insecure” (HBO)
“The Kominsky Technique” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
“What We Do within the Shadows” (FX)
Finest Selection Speak Collection
WINNER: “Final Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO)
“The Day by day Present With Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” (TBS)
“Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” (ABC)
“The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
Finest Actress in a Restricted Collection or a Tv Film
WINNER: Regina King — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Cate Blanchett — “Mrs. America” (FX)
Shira Haas — “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
Octavia Spencer — “Self Made”
Kerry Washington — “Little Fires In every single place” (Hulu)
Finest Actor in a Restricted Collection or a Tv Film
WINNER: Mark Ruffalo — “I Know This A lot Is True” (HBO)
Jeremy Irons — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Hugh Jackman — “Dangerous Training” (HBO)
Paul Mescal — “Regular Folks” (Hulu)
Jeremy Pope — “Hollywood” (Netflix)
Writing for a Restricted Collection, Film or Drama Particular
WINNER: Damon Lindelof and Wire Jefferson — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Tanya Barfield — “Mrs. America” (Hulu)
Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman — “Unbelievable” (Netflix)
Sally Rooney and Alice Birch — “Regular Folks” (Hulu)
Anna Winger — “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
Directing for a Restricted Collection
WINNER: Maria Schrader — “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
Lenny Abrahamson — “Regular Folks” (Hulu)
Steph Inexperienced — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Nicole Kassell — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Lynn Shelton — “Little Fires In every single place” (Hulu)
Stephen Williams — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Supporting Actor, Restricted Collection or Film
WINNER: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Jovan Adepo — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Tituss Burgess — “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend” (Netflix)
Louis Gossett Jr. — “Watchmen” (HBO)
Dylan McDermott — “Hollywood” (Netflix)
Jim Parsons — “Hollywood” (Netflix)
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