We might be a divided country right now, but we can all agree that Nate Bargatze was a not good Emmys host, right?

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Obviously, today’s big TV news is: EMMYS. The long and short of it is: The Pitt, The Studio, and Adolescence essentially won everything, with a couple of awards given to Hacks and Severance.

Host Nate Bargatze got off to a good start with an opening bit that was essentially the now-classic SNL George Washington sketch, but about TV:

But then the only other thing he offered was a bit where he set up a personal donation of $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club, with the threat that for every second a winner took over their 45-second allotment, a thousand dollars would be removed; every second less than their 45 seconds, a thousand dollars would be added. It was supposed to be darkly funny, but in practice felt ghoulish, shaming winners into rushing their speeches, lest they look like monsters literally taking money out of the mouths of babes. Additionally, it only punished the winners; meanwhile, the show had a number of time-wasting moments, like a (off-key) tribute to The Golden Girls, long-winded presenter bits (looking at you, Jennifer Coolidge), and the host himself stumbling over introductions.

Back in 2006, Conan O’Brien put comedy legend Bob Newhart in a sealed booth with a limited amount of air that would run out if speeches went too long. It was also a dark bit of comedy about keeping the show on schedule, but it wasn’t real, it didn’t feel like it had real consequences. In the end, CBS and Bargatze donated some $350,000 to the Boys and Girls Club — which they clearly were going to do anyway — but that doesn’t make it up to any winner who felt rushed to get through their big moment thanks to the stupid stunt.

The producers are out here defending it, though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Oh, and Bargatze had another “joke,” but it was so nonexistent that I am pretty sure it flew over all of our heads.

Some highlights from the night include the love shown to Stephen Colbert, first by the audience and then with an Emmy — the show’s first.

And Best Lead Actress in a Drama, Britt Lower, slipped a wonderful Severance easter egg into her speech — well, on her speech.

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And look how delighted the other nominees were when Jeff Hiller unexpectedly won for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for Somebody, Somewhere. This is all the warm and fuzzies.

ALSO SO SWEET? Selena Gomez catching Martin Short texting with Meryl Streep:

WAIT! NOT DONE WITH SWEETNESS:

Some history was made last night: Tramell Tillman became the first Black man to win the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Emmy (and his speech dedicated to his mother was just lovely). Owen Cooper became the youngest man to win an Emmy for his performance in Adolescence.  And with 13 Emmys, The Studio set a record for the most wins for a comedy series, as well as breaking a freshman show record. 

And this wasn’t history, per se, but Noah Wylie won his first Emmy some 26 years after his last nomination for ER.

Maybe the best, most important speech of the night came from Television Academy chairman Cris Abrego, who celebrated the Center for Public Broadcasting:

“Television and the artists who make it do more than reflect society,” he said. “They shape our culture, and in times of cultural regression, they remind us what’s at stake and what can still be achieved. MASH, Roots, the late great Norman Lear’s entire body of work, Will & Grace, The Handmaid’s Tale, South Park, the legacy of late night. For generations, artists have seized the power of television to broaden horizons, challenge the status quo and bend that arc of history towards justice.

“The Television Academy and all of us in this room must continue to champion that power and wield it responsibly. In moments like this, neutrality is not enough. We must be voices for connection, inclusion, empathy because we know that culture doesn’t come from the top down. It rises from the bottom up. Culture belongs to the people. So if our industry is to thrive, we need to make room for more voices, not fewer. That’s the work of the Television Academy. Today, we are almost 30,000 strong, the largest, youngest and most diverse body in our history. And with that diversity comes a strength, imagination and courage our industry needs to move forward. So let’s do that together. Let’s keep telling stories, and let’s make sure that culture is not a platform for the privileged, but a public good for all.”

Netflix and HBO tied for the most Emmys, with 30 each.

As always, there were a bunch of people left off of the In Memoriam, notably: Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, Graham Greene, Lynne Marie Stewart, Polly Holliday, Tony Todd, Jonathan Joss, Hulk Hogan, Phil Robertson, Lee Joo-sil, Jeff Baena, and Connie Francis.

Walton Goggins, Noah Wylie, and Katherine LaNasa’s Emmy outfits were subtle nods to their respective shows.

When the Department of Homeland Security has their panties in a wad because of what you said on the Emmys, you’re doing it right.

Here are the folks who were bleeped, and what they said.

No, The Studio didn’t thank Sal Saperstein.

Finally, have you ever wondered what is written on the bottom of an Emmy? Now you know.

Oh nothing, just a Fox and Friends host literally calling for homeless people to be given “involuntary lethal injection,” and saying “just kill them” for the crime of being unhoused. Pop quiz: Was he fired? OF COURSE NOT.

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This is how you treat a perennial liar; well done, Channel 4. TAKE NOTES, AMERICAN MEDIA.

Bowen’s not going anywhere (just yet).

I don’t think Jon Cryer is going to be sending Charlie Sheen his phone number anytime soon. 

You can wear a kilt the traditional way, or you can manspread, but you can’t do both. Brian Cox, indeed.

Congratulations, Reba McEntire and Rex Linn!

Feel better soon, Sofia Vergara!

Heal quickly, Sterling K. Brown!

Cancellations

  • Hacks will reportedly end with season five on HBO Max, according to star Hannah Einbinder.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Matlock returns on CBS on October 12.

  • 9-1-1 will return on ABC on October 9.

  • The Witcher returns on Netflix on October 30.
  • Monster: The Ed Gein Story will premiere on Netflix on October 3.
  • The Beast In Me will debut on Netflix on November 13.
  • Love Is Blind returns on Netflix on October 1.
  • Believers: Boston Red Sox will debut on ESPN on September 26.
  • The Great Flood will debut on Netflix on December 19.
  • Typhoon Family debuts on Netflix on October 11.

R.I.P.

Bobby Hart, Songwriter for The Monkees and co-writer of the Days of Our Lives theme song

Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, Boxer

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Futurama: Bender is out of control, and a volcano is about to blow in the season 13 premiere. 7 p.m., FXX & Hulu

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