Recently, The Emmys held a giant Zoom hangout visible to the whole world on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the night, had live feeds to over 100 locations around the world of nominees who would receive a knock their door if they were the lucky winner.
Unfortunately, POPTV’s Schitt’s Creek, and HBO’s Watchmen and Succession took all the golden ladies.
Fortunately, every network that won an Emmy donated $100,000 to the charity No Kid Hungry. For those doing the math at home, POPTV donated $700,000, HBO donated $1,100,000, and Hulu and Netflix donated $200,000 combined.
Although I do love a good, heartfelt acceptance speech, it was even better to see a television academy intern walking away from a nominee’s door with an Emmy after they lost.
In keeping with tradition, the Emmys kept the in-memoriam reel, with R&B artist H.E.R performing a cover of Nothing Compares 2 U.
Kimmel and others mentioned the feeling of unnecessity of an award show during a global pandemic, but didn’t seem to take their own hint.
A congratulations to the winners and the losers really shouldn’t worry about it.
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