鈥沦丑辞驳耻苍鈥� Sunday with an arsenal of trophies already 鈥� 14 Creative Arts Emmys given out earlier, making the Japan-based epic the record-holder for most wins for a single season. Even as it hopes to add to its haul throughout the show, there were other moments of note, including and themes, like TV dads and moms.
Here are some of the night鈥檚 notable moments:
Gentle hosts
The father-and-son duo of , the winning stars of the aboard 鈥淪chitt鈥檚 Creek,鈥� hosted and they were warm, mocking themselves as they noted the TV telecast was honoring "movie stars on streaming services.鈥�
Even when they went after a show 鈥� like competing in the best comedy series category, even though it's not a traditional yukfest 鈥� it was gentle.
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In one bit, the two found themselves in the audience but in different rows, mistaking stage left for house left. Awkwardness ensued. When they tried to push through, Eugene Levy wailed: 鈥淚 can't see the prompter!鈥�
鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� greats mock its creator
鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� got a head start to its 50th anniversary next year with a mini-reunion, as Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers and Bowen Yang presented the award for best writing for a variety special.
Three of the four mocked creator and producer Lorne Michaels in the audience, who they claimed was nominated and lost 85 times at the Emmys. Rudolph said he was 鈥渞obbed.鈥� Yang said 鈥渋t gets better鈥� and 鈥渒eep winning.鈥� Meyers corrected them all to say that, in fact, Michael has won a boatload of Emmys. Yang then leaned into mispronouncing his boss' name.
It may have been a taste for 2025, when the trailblazing sketch show will have a three-hour live primetime special in February. It has won a boatload of Emmys and been the springboard for such stars as Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell and Mike Myers.
Bad guys and gals
Antony Starr of 鈥淭he Boys,鈥� Giancarlo Esposito from 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� and Kathy Bates of 鈥淢isery鈥� came out to represent an oddly key part of TV 鈥� the villains.
鈥淲ithout villains or antagonists, there wouldn鈥檛 be much of a story,鈥� Esposito said. But it takes its toll. 鈥淒o you know how hard it was to get a date after 鈥楳isery,鈥� Bates asked about her Stephen King role as a crazed kidnapper.
Esposito complained that drug dealers will interrupt his dinner to ask his advice about building their empires and Starr said so many parents have approached him and said his bad superhero is disturbing to their kids. He responds that it has an R rating. 鈥淚t鈥檚 sloppy parenting,鈥� he observed.
Moms and dads
George Lopez, Damon Wayans, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who have all played memorable TV dads, gathered to recognize the lead actor in a comedy series. They walked into a mancave set and Lopez and Wayans said they wanted to thank their TV wives, but Ferguson balked, having starred with a TV husband instead on 鈥淢odern Family.鈥� 鈥淒id you even watch?鈥� he asked them.
Later, it was the moms鈥� turn. Meredith Baxter, who played the 鈥淔amily Ties鈥� matriarch, Connie Britton of 鈥淔riday Night Lights鈥� and Susan Kelechi Watson of 鈥淭his Is Us鈥� presented the award for best writing for a comedy series. 鈥淲e have come a long way since we couldn鈥檛 leave the kitchen,鈥� said Baxter. 鈥淭V moms are no longer one-dimensional,鈥� said Watson. 鈥淚t鈥檚 OK to ask for as much as a TV dad.鈥�
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Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
