Maeve Bidonde, Staff Writer
On Sunday, September 14th, this year’s Emmy awards were broadcast to the world for all to see. It’s a well-known fact that at award shows some actors and actresses tend to have some long-winded speeches. The Emmy’s host comedian Nate Bargatze attempted to keep speech lengths in check with a donation to charity called the Boys and Girls Club of North America. Bargatze’s idea was to start off the night with a $100,000 pledge and it would be docked $1,000 for every second a winner went over the allotted speech time. If a speech was shorter than the allotted time each leftover second added $1,000 to the pledge. Sadly, some actors elected to disregard the pledge and others promised to make up for the money they take away from the organization. By the end of the show Bargatze pledged $250,000 to the organization while CBS pledged $100,000.
There were several historical wins in multiple categories. This includes a win for a show that was recently taken off the same streaming network The Emmys: CBS. That win belongs to Stephen Colbert for his late-night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The show had been cancelled prior to The Emmys by CBS. Colbert’s show was cancelled due to a large loss in revenue however there is some speculation that pressure from the President contributed to it as he posted celebrating the cancellation saying that Jimmy Kimmel was next. According to the BBC the big winners this year were the medical drama “The Pitt” on HBO, “The Studio” on Apple TV+ and “Adolescence” on Netflix. In fact, “Adolescence” actor, Owen Cooper, became the youngest actor to win in the Supporting Actor category at the age of 15 years old.
Another award show history making moment came from an award given to “Severance” Actor Trammell Tillman. Tillman made history by being the first black man to win an Emmy for supporting actor in the 77 years The Emmys have been running. Seth Rogan’s comedy “The Studio” took home a jaw dropping 13 awards from The Emmys this year and Rogan got his first ever win in the Outstanding Lead Actor category.
Noah Wyle, most known for his work on the popular show “ER,” finally had a win for his role in “The Pitt” at The Emmys after five nominations for “ER.” In his acceptance speech Wyle made a dedication to health service workers everywhere. AP News quotes his speech, “To anybody who’s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you,”
Finally, multiple shows had touching reunions at The Emmys including “Gilmore Girls,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” and even “Golden Girls.” Originally Eric Dane was supposed to join Jesse Williams on stage to commemorate 20 years of “Grey’s Anatomy”, but he did not go due to his recent ALS diagnosis. Alex Bledel and Lauren Graham, the women who brought to life TV’s iconic mother daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, reunited on a replica of their Stars Hollow house for “Gilmore Girls.”
The Emmy’s were full of long speeches, history making wins, political statements, and a generous donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Now the masses wait until next year to see who will win for the first time or 20th time.
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