>> LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES,
IT'S THE 71st EMMYS,
PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST FOR THIS EVENING, HOMER SIMPSON,
THANK YOU,
FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WHO ARE WITHOUT HOPE, THIS HAS BEEN MY IMPOSSIBLE DREAM,
IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO ME, THEN YOU ‐‐ D'OH!
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
DON'T WORRY, I GOT THIS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, I WILL GET THIS SHOW BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO,
OKAY,
WE WILL NOT LET THIS EMPIRE FALL,
CAN I GET A CUP OF COFFEE?
WHAT IS THIS, MAN?
THIS IS NOT GAME OF THRONES,
NO STARBUCKS CUPS ON TELEVISION,
NO MORE,
IF THIS DOESN'T GET ME AN EMMY TONIGHT, NOTHING WILL,
>> MR, ANDERSON, CAN I GET A PHOTO?
>> NOT NOW,
I HAVE TO SAVE THE EMMYS,
>> IT'S FOR THE TELEVISION ACADEMY HALL OF FAME,
>> OH, DAMN IT, I'M SHINY,
OKAY, TAKE THE PICTURE,
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITHOUT A HOST TONIGHT,
ALL RIGHT?
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO RESCUE THIS THING,
OH, GOD, I'M SO DESERVING OF THIS,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MISS ‐‐ MAMA, PUT THAT IN YOUR PURSE,
>> OKAY,
GIVE ME ONE,
>> OKAY,
GIVE ME A LIST,
OH, NOBODY KNOWS HIM,
IT'S IN MY CATEGORY,
TOO BLACK,
TOO WHITE,
BASIC CABLE?
WHAT IS THIS, MAN?
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME,
WHAT WE NEED IS AN EMMY WINNER, SOMEONE WHO CAN TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF TELEVISION,
THAT'S HIM,
GO GET HIM, GARY, HE'S PERFECT,
WE'RE SAVED,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I SAVED THE EMMYS,
MAMA, HOW BIG IS YOUR PURSE?
>> I COULD TAKE ANOTHER ONE,
>> LET'S GO, GO!
WE NEED YOU,
>> NOW?
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT FOR ANOTHER ‐‐ >> GO,
[ APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ >> 50 YEARS AGO, NEIL ARMSTRONG
WALKED ON THE MOON,
AND THROUGH THE POWER OF TELEVISION, 600 MILLION PEOPLE AND 53 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS WALKED
WITH HIM,
NOT A BAD RATING,
I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, AND SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION ON THAT DAY, IT OPENED UP A
UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES,
I COULD BE ANYONE,
I COULD GO ANYWHERE,
EVEN ALBUQUERQUE,
[ APPLAUSE ] 50 YEARS LATER, TELEVISION STILL TRANSPORTS US TO FAR AWAY
PLACES, LIKE WINTERFELL,
THE UPSIDE DOWN,
EVEN PARADISE,
AND IT WELCOMES US INTO A FAMILY HOME WHERE WE LAUGH AT THE DUNPHYS AND WE CRY WITH THE
PIERSONS,
THAT'S MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY SINGLE WEEK,
PLEASE, STOP MAKING US CRY,
TELEVISION HAS NEVER BEEN BIGGER,
TELEVISION HAS NEVER MARRIED MORE,
AND TELEVISION HAS NEVER BEEN THIS DAMN GOOD,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> I CHARGE YOU TO BE BRAVE,
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, I CHARGE YOU TO BE JUST,
IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER, I CHARGE YOU TO DEFEND THE INNOCENT,
>> YOU WANT ME TO BE SCARED,
>> I WILL NOT BE BULLIED INTO SAYING SOMETHING EVEN MORE AWFUL TO YOU,
>> THE REAL POWER LIES IN THE ARTIST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE,
♪♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> TO INTRODUCE THE COMEDY
AWARDS, PLEASE WELCOME EMMY WINNER AND MULTIPLE NOMINEE TONIGHT, BEN STILLER,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> COMEDY,
SINCE THE BIRTH OF TELEVISION, COMEDY AND TV HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE,
THE BRILLIANT COMEDIANS HAVE DEFINED THE MEDIUM, PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE BURNS WHOSE SHOW BROKE
THE FOURTH WALL AND MADE US ALL LAUGH WHEN HE TALKED TO GRACIE,
THE 1950s BELONGED TO THE INIMITABLE LUCILLE BALL, WHOSE HIGH JINX WITH RICKY AS SHE
TRIED TO GET INTO SHOWBIZ,
HITS LIKE "ALL IN THE FAMILY," "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW," AND THE WHOLESOME GENIUS OF BOB
NEWHART,
[ APPLAUSE ] BUT WHAT WOULD BOB THINK TODAY IF HE COULD SEE HOW THE RULES
HAVE CHANGED?
IMAGINE HIS SURPRISE IF HE SAW SOME OF TONIGHT'S NOMINEES LIKE "FLEABAG," A COMEDY ABOUT A SEX
ADDICT, OR "BARRY," A FUNNY SHOW ABOUT A COLD BLOODED KILLER ‐‐ >> BEN,
BEN,
I'M STILL ALIVE,
>> YEAH, NO, I KNEW THAT,
>> I DON'T THINK SO,
YOU PUT ME ‐‐ YOU'VE PUT ME WITH GEORGE AND LUCY IN THIS WEIRD WAX MUSEUM OF COMEDY,
>> NO, NO,
IT'S MORE LIKE LEGENDS, LIKE LEGENDS OF, YOU KNOW, COMEDY, ALIVE, DEAD, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS
OF LEGENDS,
>> THIS LEGEND IS GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS,
THAT WAY YOU'LL KNOW I'M ALIVE,
>> I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T CURSE,
>> YOU THOUGHT I WAS DEAD,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?
>> I WAS GOING TO GIVE OUT THE FIRST AWARD FOR SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR COMEDY SERIES,
>> ARE THEY ALL ALIVE?
>> I THINK SO,
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES,
ANTHONY CARRIGAN, "BARRY,"
>> TWO, THREE HOURS?
>> STEVEN ROOT, "BARRY,"
>> WHAT ARE YOU?
>> HENRY WINKLER, "BARRY,"
>> I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU,
AS LONG AS I'M OUT OF HERE IN SEVEN MINUTES,
>> ALAN ARKIN, "THE KOMINSKY METHOD,"
>> I'M NOT SUGARCOATING,
I'M LYING,
>> TONY SHALHOUB, "THE MARVELOUS MRS, MAISEL,"
>> I COULD PUNCH YOU RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
IT WON'T HURT,
BUT AT THE VERY LEAST YOU WILL BE EMBARRASSED THAT YOU GOT PUNCHED IN THE NOSE BY A NOT
STRONG MATHEMATICIAN,
>> TONY HALE, "VEEP" "VEEP,"
>> I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M SHOUTING FROM THE BALCONY LIKE EVITA,
>> I HATED YOU, BY THE WAY, IN "TROPIC THUNDER,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO TONY SHALHOUB,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> ANY STATUES AND YOU GET 62 INCHES, THE HEIGHT OF THE
INCOMPARABLE MISS RITA MORENO,
>> THANKS,
THIS IS GREAT,
TRUTH BE TOLD, I'M IN A BIT OF A QUANDARY,
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I AM NOT A FAN OF THOSE ENDLESS LISTS THAT AWARD RECIPIENTS DRAG OUT, YOU
KNOW, WITH THE NAMES AND THE THANKS AND THE THANKS AND THE NAMES,
IN THE CASE OF "MAISEL," THERE'S NO HELP FOR IT,
IT TRULY DOES, IT TAKES A VILLAGE,
SO, OKAY, JUST DEAL WITH IT,
MY THANKS TO OUR SHOW'S CREATORS, AMY SHERMAN PALLADINO, OUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, OUR
AMAZING WRITERS LED BY ‐‐TIC BARELY READ MY OWN HANDWRITING ‐‐ AMY SHERMAN
PALLADINO, AND OUR DIRECTORS, DAN AND AMY PALLADINO,
YIKES, I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY,
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO MY DEAR FRIENDS AMY AND DAN FOR THEIR
LOVE AND SUPPORT,
THANK YOU,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> HOLLYWOOD COMES TO PICK THEY'RE GRIZ ABEL LAS,
TONIGHT, $12,99 A MONTH NETFLIX,
IT'S THE EMMYS BUT IT'S ALSO FOX,
>>> WOW,
THE EMMYS ‐‐ >> HANG ON,
LET'S GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE TO SETTLE DOWN,
THERE WE GO,
CONTINUE,
>> WOW, THE EMMYS,
I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE STARS THAT CAME OUT FOR THIS,
>> KIDS, IN MY DAY THE EMMYS WAS ALWAYS THE NIGHT OF THE BIGGEST STARS AND THE BEST WINNERS,
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR IT WAS ROSEANNE, ROSEANNE, BILL COSBY, ROSEANNE, AND BILL COSBY,
THE EMMYS HAVE BEEN GREAT AS REWARDING GREAT PEOPLE FOR GREAT WORK,
WHO'S THIS YEAR'S BILL COSBY AND ROSEANNE?
LET'S KEEP WATCHING AND FIND OUT,
>> EMMY NOMINEES TONIGHT, CATHERINE O'HARA AND AMY POEHLER,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> STRONG,
FLEXIBLE,
COMMITTED,
FOCUSED,
>> THESE ARE THE QUALITIES WE LOOK FOR IN OUR PERSONAL TRAINER,
>> AND THEY ARE ALSO THE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE OUR EIGHT NOMINEES' LOWER BACK TATTOO,
>> YES, TONIGHT IS ABOUT A LOT OF WORDS LIKE SUPPORTING, FARM FRESH, MELLIFLUOUS, JEJEUNE,
BLUETOOTH CAPABLE,
>> I'M SORRY, WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NOW?
>> I THOUGHT YOU KNEW,
THE NOMINEES, FOR WHOM THIS ARE NO WORDS, ARE ‐‐ >> ALEX BORSTEIN, "THE MARVELOUS
MRS, MAISEL,"
>> TOOK TEN YEARS OFF YOUR LIFE AND FROM THE LOOKS OF YOU, THAT'S FIVE MORE,
>> IT'S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH FOR REVENGE,
>> SIAN CLIFFORD, "FLEABAG,"
>> I LOOK LIKE A PENCIL,
>> OLIVIA COLMAN, "FLEABAG,"
>> OH, LOFL,
>> BETTY GILPIN, "G, L, O, W,,"
LAUREN HINKLE, "THE MARVELOUS MRS, MAISEL,"
>> I BOOKED MYSELF A FLIGHT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT,
>> ANNA CHLUMSKY, "VEEP,"
>> I HATE RELAXING,
>> TOUGH GUY,
>> VERY GOOD,
>> KATE McKINNON, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,"
>> YOU DO KNOW HOW TO WHISTLE, DON'T YOU?
YOU PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER AND BLOW,
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ ALEX BORSTEIN,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THEY WILL BE SETTING CARS ON FIRE AND BURNING A WICKER MAN IN
DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS AS POCKETS ANOTHER 39 CENTIMETERS,
>> I DON'T KNOW,
WOW,
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET LAST YEAR BECAUSE I WASN'T WEARING A BRA,
TONIGHT I WANT TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I'M NOT WEARING ANY UNDERWEAR, YOU'LL WANT TO THROW
THEIR CHAIR OUT OR CLEAN IT,
IT LOOKS PRETTY ON TV BUT IT'S LIKE A HOT BIKRAM YOGA CLASS IN HERE, A LOT OF NERVOUS WOMEN,
I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS TO THE STRENGTH OF A WOMAN, TO AMY SHERMAN PALLADINO, TO EVERY
WOMAN ON THE "MAISEL" CAST AND CREW, TO MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER,
THEY ARE IMMIGRANTS, THEY ARE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS,
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS IN LINE TO BE SHOT INTO A PIT,
SHE SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IF I STEP OUT OF LINE?
HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO SHOOT YOU BUT SOMEBODY WILL, AND SHE STEPPED OUT OF LINE,
FOR THAT, I AM HERE AND MY CHILDREN ARE HERE,
SO STEP OUT OF LINE, LADIES, STEP OUT OF LINE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> NICK CANNON AND KEN JEONG,
>> GUYS, I AM AT THE EMMYS AND I NEED HELP,
MY KIDS ARE OBSESSED WITH THAT TICK‐TOCK APP, YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT THAT APP?
BY YOUR SILENCE, THAT WAS A RESOUNDING YES,
I NEED YOU GUYS TO HELP ME MAKE ONE,
>> KEN, YOU'RE A 50‐YEAR‐OLD MAN MAKING A TICK‐TOCK VIDEO,
>> ACTUALLY I'M 64 BUT THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU,
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, ASIAN DON'T RAISIN,
I ALSO HAVE A PART OF THE VIDEO WITH MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER,
>> ZOE,
CUE THE VIDEO,
SO I GOT THE BEGINNING AND I HAVE THE END,
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE CREAMY MIDDLE,
I WANT 5,000 PEOPLE AT THE MICROSOFT THEATER HERE SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS TO
SCARE MY PUNK KID,
I KNOW, I'M A GREAT DAD,
IMAGINE THAT YOU'LL BE FOR 9 1/2 HOURS, WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR FROM THE TRUTH,
USE IT,
SAM ROCKWELL, DO SOMETHING AWARD WINNING FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE,
MICHAEL DOUGLAS, USE THAT KOMINSKY METHOD, OKAY?
EVERYONE SCREAM ON THE COUNT OF THREE,
ONE, TWO, THREE,
[ SCREAMING ] >> YOU GOT IT?
>> YES, I GOT IT,
IT WAS MOSTLY A SELFIE VIDEO BUT I GOT IT,
CAN SOMEONE TAKE THIS FOR ME?
THAT WOULD BE AMAZING,
SOMEONE?
OKAY, GREAT,
WE'LL DO SOME SMALL TALK,
NO, I GOT A SCRIPT FOR THE TWO OF US, IT'S LIKE A TWO‐HANDER,
NEVER MIND, I'LL WHATSAPP HER,
I THINK WE ARE READY,
ARE WE READY?
AND ACTION,
[ SCREAMING ] AND THAT IS A CAREER WRAP ON KEN JEONG,
BACK TO MEDICINE, YO,
>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR WRITING FOR COMEDY SERIES,
>> "FLEABAG" EPISODE 1,
"THE GOOD PLACE,"
"1015,"
"RUSSIAN DOLL,"
"VEEP,"
>> THE EMMY GOES TO PHOEBE WALLER‐BRIDGE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> CAN I TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE, TO THE PHOEBE WALLER‐BRIDGE?
WITH THIS BRIDGE SHE REPLACES THE ALBERT BRIDGE AS MOST POPULAR BRIDGE,
>> LOOK AT HER, OH, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY, WHAT WAS IT?
OH, YES,
I FIND WRITING REALLY, REALLY HARD AND RECALL PAINFUL,
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HOSPITAL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT THE REASON THAT I DO IT IS THIS,
THAT'S MADE IT ALL REALLY WORTH IT, GUYS,
HUGE THANK YOU TO THE "FLEABAG" FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN BEHIND EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THIS,
OUR CAST, INCREDIBLE,
SIAN CLIFFORD AND EVERYBODY ELSE, OUR DIRECTOR WHO IS SO INVOLVED WITH THE WRITING
PROCESS, THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU,
TO JENNY ROBBINS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE FOR ME WITH THIS,
IT'S WONDERFUL AND REASSURING THAT A DIRTY, PERVY, ANGRY WOMAN CAN MAKE IT TO THE EMMYS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> SET THE RECORD FOR MOST EMMYS WON BY ANY ACTOR, MALE OR
FEMALE,
FIND OUT NEXT ON THE 71st EMMYS,
[ APPLAUSE ] >>> FROM "A LITTLE LATE WITH LILLY SINGH, PLEASE WELCOME
LILLY SINGH,
>> LAST WEEK AT THE CREATIVE ARTS EMMYS, AWARDS WERE GIVEN FOR BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS IN A
COMEDY SERIES,
NOW, I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT HAVING A GUEST COME ON AND KILL IT ON YOUR SHOW,
I WANT TO INTRODUCE JANE LYNCH AND LUKE KIRBY,
>> THERE ARE SIX INCREDIBLY TALENTED DIRECTORS IN THE NEXT AWARD CATEGORY,
>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR FOR COMEDY SERIES,
ALEC BERG, "BARRY,"
MARK SANDROWSKY, "THE BIG BANG THEORY,"
"FLEABAG," EPISODE 1,
AMY SHERMAN PALLADINO, "THE MARVELOUS MRS, MAISEL,"
DANIEL PALLADINO, "THE MARVELOUS MRS, MAISEL,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ >> HARRY BRADBAER, "FLEABAG,"
>> WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED A LITTLE STUDIO LIKE AMAZON WOULD MAKE A HIT SHOW?
OOPS, SORRY, THEY COULD PROBABLY FILM "FLEABAG" ON THE MOON IF THEY FELT LIKE IT,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT WAS A GOOD START,
I THINK FOR DIRECTOR, SOMETHING LIKE "FLEABAG" ONLY COMES ALONG ONCE IN YOUR LIFE,
IT WAS LIKE A PERFECT STORM OF SUPPORT AND TRUST AND UTTER LOVELINESS,
I HAVE TO THANK MY PRODUCERS,
I HAVE 28 SECONDS,
I HAVE TO THANK AMAZON AND THE BBC, OF COURSE,
MY CREW WHO MADE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR ALMOST NO MONEY,
A CAST WHO ONLY HAS TO OPEN THEIR MOUTHS TO MAKE ME LOOK GOOD,
AND THANK YOU, PHOEBE, FOR COMING INTO MY LIFE LIKE A GLORIOUS GRENADE,
YOU'RE SO TRUSTING,
SCIENTISTS ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW SOMEBODY WHO IS SO INCREDIBLY TALENTED CAN BE SO
UTTERLY LOVELY,
THIS IS FOR YOU, YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL,
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED ME GET HERE, I'M VERY TOUCHED,
THANK YOU,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> MAYA RUDOLPH AND IKE BARINHOLTZ,
>> HELLO,
APOLOGIES,
WE BOTH JUST HAD LASIK EYE SURGERY THIS AFTERNOON,
>> IT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEY HAD AVAILABLE,
>> IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE,
HOPEFULLY WE CAN READ THE TELEPROMPTER, NO PROBLEM,
LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT,
OH, MY GOD, IT'S SO BRIGHT,
>> ARE WE STILL IN THE CAR?
>> OH, MY GOD,
OKAY, OKAY,
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE EMMYS FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A TOYOTA CAMRY,
I'M SORRY, THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT,
COMEDY SERIES,
WHY WOULD I HAVE EYE SURGERY TODAY?
IT'S SO STUPID,
>> EVEN THOUGH I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT YOUR SHAPE, I CAN SMELL YOU, SO I KNOW YOU'RE STANDING VERY
CLOSE TO ME,
>> I AM,
I AM,
TONIGHT'S NUMB NUMBS ARE A DAZZLING GROUP OF LIFEGUARD,
>> HERE ARE THE NIMRODS FOR A CHOCOLATE STAIRCASE,
>> BART HANDMOUTH, "BARRY,"
>> DAN CHOWDER, "BLACK MONDAY,"
>> ABRAHAM ALUMINUM, "BLACK‐ISH,"
>> MICKEY TWOTIME, "THE KOMINSKY METHOD,"
>> CHECKEY VON BULLWINKLE III, "SCHITT'S CREEK,"
>> TED DANSON, "THE GOOD PLACE,"
>> AND THE GRAMMY FOR LEIF GARRETT IN A COWBOY SUIT GOES TO ‐‐
>> BILL HAD HAD ‐‐ BILL HADER, "BARRY,"
>> THAT WAS AWESOME, THANK YOU,
I GET ASKED A LOT, WHEN I'M DOING PRESS FOR THIS SHOW AND STUFF, YOU DO YOU, YOU KNOW,
DIRECT YOURSELF,
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT DIRECTORS ON THIS SHOW,
BUT THE PERSON I USUALLY GO TO IS MY FRIEND AND CO‐CREATOR, ALEC BERG,
[ APPLAUSE ] AND USUALLY AFTER EVERY TAKE I'LL GO OVER TO ALEC AND SAY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I GET ONE OF TWO RESPONSES,
IT'S EITHER, YEAH, WE SHOULD MOVE ON,
OR, EH, WE SHOULD GO AGAIN,
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MOLDING MY PERFORMANCE, ALEC,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT YOU, LOVE YOU, MAN,
[ APPLAUSE ] >>> COMING UP, JIMMY KIMMEL, STEPHEN COLBERT, AND THE STARS
OF "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS,"
>> Announcer: THE 71st EMMY AWARDS SPONSORED BY THE ALL NEW 2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR,
>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NOMINATED TONIGHT, JIMMY KIMMEL AND STEPHEN COLBERT,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, WELL, WELL,
HOW'S THE OLD NO‐HOST THING GOING?
WHAT A DUMB IDEA,
>> WHAT A JOKE,
>> SO STUPID,
>> YOU KNOW WHAT HAS A HOST?
>> YOU KNOW WHO THE REAL VICTIMS ARE HERE?
IT'S US,
>> HOSTING IS THE ONLY THING WE KNOW HOW TO DO,
>> I'M SORRY, BUT THIS SHOW SUCKS,
>> YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT HOST,
>> YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER, STEPHEN,
>> I KNOW,
IT'S JUST SAD,
HOSTS AREN'T OPTIONAL,
WITHOUT A HOST, WHO WOULD READ THE WORDS "YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM THE HIT SERIES NCIS
NEW ORLEANS"?
>> NO ONE WOULD,
WHO WOULD SIT BEHIND A DESK AND BE INTERESTED IN JASON BATEMAN'S VACATION STORY?
[ APPLAUSE ] >> OH, YOU SWAM WITH DOLPHINS?
HOW FASCINATING,
>> HE PULLED THAT ONE ON YOUR SHOW TOO?
IT'S ALL HE TALKS ABOUT,
>> YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE DIDN'T HAVE A HOST?
THE TITANIC, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM,
THEY WON AN OSCAR,
>> BUT WHO GAVE IT TO THEM?
>> A HOST,
>> ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS A PRESENTER,
>> IF WE LET THIS SLIDE, THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'LL START USING ALEXA TO PRESENT THE
NOMINEE,
>> OKAY, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR LEAD ACTRESS ‐‐ >> OH, COME ON!
>> CHRISTINA APPLEGATE, ""DEAD TO ME,"" RACHEL BROSNAHAN, "THE MARVELOUS
MRS, MAISEL,"
NATASHA LEE LYONNE, "RUSSIAN DOLL,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ >> PHOEBE WALLER‐BRIDGE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> BIG WIN,
TO COMPETE WITH JULIA'S NUMBERS, PHOEBE WALLER‐BRIDGE WILL HAVE TO LIVE UNTIL THE 171st EMMYS
WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THE TERRA FORMED MARS AND SHOWN HERE ON FOX,
>> NO!
OH, MY GOD, NO,
THANK YOU,
I FIND ACTING REALLY HARD AND REALLY PAINFUL,
THANK YOU TO BE NOMINATED WITH THESE UNBELIEVABLE ACTRESSES WHOIVE LOOKED UP TO AND WATCHED
AND LAUGHED WITH FOR SO MANY YEARS,
IT MEANS SO MUCH,
I MEAN THAT IN A NICE WAY,
AND THIS MEANS A HUGE AMOUNT TO ME,
HUGE THANKS AGAIN, THE "FLEABAG" GANG, THERE THEY ARE, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
I'M SO SUPPORTED ON THE SHOW, AS HARRY SAID, IT'S SICKENING HOW MUCH WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER,
I'M SO SUPPORTED BY THIS WONDERFUL CAST,
A BIGOUT SHOUT TO MY ACTING AGENT WHO HAS BEEN ROOTING FOR ME LITERALLY FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING,
THANK YOU, ALINE,
AMAZON, BBC, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS,
I'M GOING TO START REPEATING MYSELF,
THANK YOU,
OH, MY GOD,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> BRILLIANT, PHOEBE,
WE'RE MOVING ONTO THE REALITY SECTION,
STAND BY FOR THE KARDASHIANS,
NICE OUTFIT,
CUE DOORS,
>> FROM "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS," KENDALL JENNER AND AND KARDASHIAN,
>> OUR FAMILY KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW TRULY COMPELLING TELEVISION COMES FROM REAL PEOPLE JUST
BEING THEMSELVES,
>> TELLING THEIR STORIES UNFILTERED AND UNSCRIPTED,
>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING COMPETITION SERIES,
>> THE "AMAZING RACE,"
>> I WANT A ROLEX,
>> "AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR,"
>> YES!
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
>> "NAILED IT,"
>> NAILED IT!
>> THIS LADY IS INTO THE GOLD,
>> "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE,"
>> MAY THE BEST WOMAN WIN,
>> "TOP CHEF,"
"THE VOICE,"
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE COACHED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE SO LONG, THEY'RE JADED,
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE,"
[ APPLAUSE ] >> 29 NOMINATIONS FOR "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" TODAY,
IC SEE A DAY WHEN THESE SHOWS AREN'T COMPETING ANYMORE BUT PARTNERS, TAKING FIERCE DRAG
NINJAS AND MAKING THEM WALK ACROSS THE DESERT TO SING FOR PRECIOUS HUMAN FOOD,
>> COME ON UP HERE,
LOOK AT THEM,
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH,
ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE,
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH,
WE ARE SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW AND WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF THE GORGEOUS KIDS WHO COME ON AND
SHOW HOW FABULOUS THEY ARE,
AND TO ALL THESE PEOPLE ON THE STAGE, BIRTHDAY BOY RANDY BAR BASED DOUGH, TOM CAMPBELL,
MANDY, ALL THE PEOPLE AT VH1, SARAH AND EVERYONE OUT THERE,
AND LISTEN, THANKS TO THE ACADEMY FOR VOTING FOR US, BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU FOR THAT,
SPEAKING OF VOTING AND LOVE, GO AND REGISTER TO VOTE,
GO TO VOTE,GOV AND VOTE, REGISTER,
WE LOVE YOU,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S NOT BRAGGING IF YOU'RE "FLEABAG"ING,
THE PRODUCERS HAVE ASKED US TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO OUR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO ARE WATCHING
FROM PRISON,
HOPEFULLY THOSE WEEKS WILL FLY BY,
>> "GAME OF THRONES" IS THE MOST NOMINATED DRAMA OF ALL TIME,
WILL IT ADD TO ITS 57 WINS?
WE'LL FIND OUT TONIGHT WHEN THE EMMYS CONTINUE ON FOX,
>>> STAR OF "LAST MAN STANDING," TIM ALLEN,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH,
NICE TO BE HERE,
NICE ROOM,
KIND OF A SURPRISE, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOOTING THIS LAST SEASON OF "LAST MAN STANDING"
COMING UP,
APPARENTLY THE POWERS THAT BE GAVE US A CALL,
TURNED OUT MERYL STREEP, PACINO, DIDN'T HAVE THE ACTING CHOPS TO HANDLE THE SEGMENT I'M ABOUT TO
HANDLE,
THEY SAID, WHO BETTER THAN A COMEDIAN TO TALK SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE EMMY VOTE
COUNTING?
[ APPLAUSE ] WHICH IS WHY LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE TOTAL
PROFESSIONALISM FROM THE ACCOUNTANTS AT ERNST & YOUNG,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ACCOUNTANTS,
ANDY ZALE, PAUL CHIN, AND THINGAMAJIG,
THINGAMAJIG IS ACTUALLY NOT AN ACCOUNT, IT'S THE CEO OF ERNST & YOUNG,
THAT YOU VERY MUCH, SEE YOU ON TELEVISION,
>> PLEASE WELCOME EMMY NOMINEE SETH MEYERS,
>> "GAME OF THRONES" WAS A SHOW ABOUT MANY THINGS,
HOW THE BOND OF FAMILY IS THE HARDEST TO BREAK,
HOW NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF WEDDING PLANNING YOU DO, SOMETHING INVARIABLY GOES WRONG,
AND HOW IN THE DAYS BEFORE 23 AND PEOPLE PEOPLE HAD TO RELY ON WORD OF MOUTH TO FIND OUT THEY
HAD SLEPT WITH THEIR AUNT,
"GAME OF THRONES" SET THE STANDARD FOR STORYTELLING AND IT WILL BE MISSED,
♪♪ >> WHAT UNITES PEOPLE?
>> AVARICE?
GOLD?
>> WE NEED JUSTICE,
>> FLAGS?
>> THE NORTH IS FREE THANKS TO YOU,
>> STORIES,
>> YOU ARE MY QUEEN,
NOW AND ALWAYS,
>> THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD MORE POWERFUL THAN A GOOD STORY,
>> NOTHING CAN STOP US,
>> I'LL BE DEAD BEFORE THE DAWN,
>> NO ENEMY CAN DEFEAT US,
>> I DON'T EXPECT WE'LL EVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN,
>> WHO BETTER TO LEAD US INTO THE FUTURE?
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CAST OF "GAME OF THRONES,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S AN HONOR FOR US ALL TO BE HERE TONIGHT,
>> I THINK ALL OF US AGREE HOW AMAZING THE LAST SEASON WAS FOR US,
WE HAD NO IDEA HOW IT WOULD END, WHO WOULD BETRAY WHOM AND WHO WOULD END UP WITH THE PRIZE,
>> WE WISH THE SHOW COULD HAVE GONE ON FOREVER,
OUR TIME HAS COME,
WE THANK ALL OF YOU WHO WATCHED,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> AND NOW LIMITED SERIES AND MOVIES,
THE VERY BEST OF THESE ARRIVE AND TELL US ABOUT WAR, GREED,
>> THEY EDUCATE AND EMPOWER,
>> THEIR CHARACTERS BECOME PART OF OUR LIVES,
AND THEY'RE JOURNEYS STAY WITH US LONG AFTER THEY'RE GONE,
>> IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE,
>> AND THE NOMINEES ARE,
>> PATRICIA CLARKSON, "SHARP OBJECTS,"
>> I JUST WANT THINGS TO BE NICE,
BUT MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW,
>> MARSHA STEPHANIE BLAKE,
EMILY WATSON, "CHERNOBYL,"
>> TO HELL WITH OUR LIVES,
SOMEONE HAS TO START TELLING THE TRUTH,
>> VERA FARMIGA, "WHEN THEY SEE US,"
MARGARET QUALLEY, "FOSSE/VERDON,"
PATRICIA ARQUETTE, "THE ACT,"
>> THE WAY YOU DO NEARLY EVERY DAY,
>> AND THE WINNER IS PATRICIA ARQUETTE,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> WITH THIS RING IT IS OFFICIAL,
PATRICIA ARQUETTE GOES TO THE EMMY STAGE MORE THAN SHE GOES TO TRADER JOE'S,
♪♪ >> OKAY, THIS IS ALL WEIRD, OKAY?
I'M UP HEAR WITH THE "GAME OF THRONES" CAST,
I MEAN, MY JOEY IS THERE, MY BEAUTY, MY JOEY KING,
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING, TO BE HONORED WITH THESE FELLOW NOMINEES WHO ARE
ALL SO TALENTED AND GAVE A MASTERS CLASS IN ACTING,
I'M TERRIBLY GRATEFUL, THANK YOU, HULU, MY FAMILY, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, ERIC, THE KIDS,
I JUST HAVE TO SAY I'M GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING, I'M GRATEFUL AT 50 TO BE GETTING THE BEST PARTS
OF MY LIFE,
[ APPLAUSE ] AND THAT'S GREAT,
IN MY HEART IT'S SO SAD, I LOT OF MY SISTER ALEXIS AND TRANS PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING
PERSECUTED,
I'M IN MOURNING, ALEXA, AND I WILL BE THE REST OF MY LIFE UNTIL WE CHANGE THE WORLD UNTIL
TRANS PEOPLE ARE NOT PERSECUTED,
THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS, LET'S GET RID OF THIS BIAS WE HAVE EVERYWHERE,
THANK YOU,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTING FOR
LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE,
"CHERNOBYL,"
"ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA,"
"FOSSE/VERDON,"
"A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL,"
"WHEN THEY SEE US,"
TO PRESENT THIS AWARD FROM EUPHORIA, ZENDAYA AND EMMY WINNER TONIGHT, RUPAUL,
>> RUPAUL, LAST WEEK YOU WON YOUR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE EMMY FOR REALITY HOST,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT?
>> WELL, IDENTIFYING GIVE OUT AN EMMY FOR DIRECTING IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE,
WANT TO COME WITH?
>> I THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER ASK,
>> OH, ZENDAYA,
>> AND THE EMMYS FOR DIRECTING IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE GOES TO ‐‐
>> COME ON, ZENDAYA,
>> JOHAN,
>> YAY!
[ APPLAUSE ] >> "CHERNOBYL" WAS FILMED IN STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA, IN
FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE,
A WIN FOR JOHANN IS A WIN FOR SWEDEN,
LICORICE FOR EVERYONE,
♪♪ >> WELL, THANK YOU,
PHOEBE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS A FAMILY, I HAVE THE "CHERNOBYL" FAMILY AND MY FAMILY
IS BETTER THAN YOUR FAMILY, OKAY?
I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE WITHOUT WHOM NOTHING WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE,
I WANT TO THANK JANE FEATHERSTONE,
SIMON WALLENBERG, DANIEL PARKER,
I THINK THAT'S IT,
WOW,
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
[ APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ BLAM,
>> SAME ROCKWELL AND MAHERSHALA ALI ARE JUST TWO OF THE EMMY AWARD WINNERS,
STAY WITH US,
WE'RE ON FOX,
>>> EMMY WINNERS TONIGHT, BILL HADER AND PHOEBE WALLER‐BRIDGE,
>> I'M PHOEBE WALLER‐BRIDGE,
>> I'M BILL,
>> WE'RE THE TWO FINALISTS FOR THE TWO TALLEST PEOPLE HERE,
>> WE'RE ALSO HERE TO GIVE THE AWARD FOR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES,
>> WHAT IS A LIMITED SERIES, BILL?
>> A LIMITED SERIES IS A TV SHOW THAT WAS CANCELED,
>> INDEED, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SHOWS ARE JUST A BIT TOO MUCH,
>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD A SHOW IS, NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO SEE SEVEN SEASONS OF
"CHERNOBYL,"
>> CORRECT,
KNOWN NEEDS TO SEE THE SHARPEST OBJECT,
>> THEY DO NOT,
AND IF THEY ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA MORE THAN ONCE ‐‐ >> THAT'S ON YOU, DANNEMORA,
>> SURE THE HELL IS,
SO NOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, THE NOMINEES FOR MOST LIMITED ACTOR IN A CANCELED
SERIES ARE ‐‐ >> PAUL DANO, ESCAPE AT DANIMORA,
JOHN LEGUIZAMO, "WHEN THEY SEE US,"
STELLAN SKARSGARD, "CHERNOBYL,"
ASANTE BLACKK, "WHEN THEY SEE US,"
BEN WHICH SHAW, "A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ BENEFIT ‐‐ BEN WHISHAW,
>> WHEN A HANDSOME BRITISH PERSON PASSES YOU ON A BICYCLE ‐‐ WHISHAW!
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
WOW,
OH, I'M HUNG OVER,
MY AGENT TOOK ME OUT FOR DRINKS AND I'M HUNG OVER,
BUT ANYWAY,
OH, GOODNESS,
I WANT TO THANK STEVEN FREARS FOR BEING A WONDERFUL DIRECTOR,
I WANT TO THANK THE MAGNIFICENT ACTORS IN THE CAST BUT ESPECIALLY HUGH GRANT,
I HOPE YOU GET ONE OF THESE,
I REALLY, REALLY DO,
I WANT TO THANK RUSSELL T, DAVIS, SO EXQUISITE YOU COULDN'T GET IT WRONG,
MY AGENT CHRISTIAN WOODEL AND MY OTHER AGENT,
I WANT TO THANK MY PARTNER MARK FOR HIS LOVE AND HIS SUPPORT AND FOR KEEPING ME SOMEWHAT SANE,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR WRITING FOR LIMITED SERIES OR
MOVIE,
>> "CHERNOBYL,"
"ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA" EPISODE 6,
"ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA," EPISODE 7,
"FOSSE/VERDON" BY STEVEN LEVINSON,
"A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL" WRITTEN BY RUSSELL T, DAVIES,
"WHEN THEY SEE US," PART 4, BY AVA DUVERNAY,
>> BRADLEY WHITFORD AND JIMMY SMITTS,
>> BRADLEY AND I WERE ON A SHOW THAT PREMIERED IN 1999, EXACTLY 20 YEARS AGO TODAY, "WEST WING,"
>> AND WE STILL LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME,
>> WE'RE SO PROUD OF THAT SHOW WHICH WAS DRIVEN BY SOME INCREDIBLE WRITING AS ARE THIS
YEAR'S NOMINEES FOR WRITING IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE,
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ >> CRAIG MASON,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> MORE LIKE CRAIG AMAZON, "CHERNOBYL" EXPLODING AT THESE
EMMYS,
THE EBENEZER SCROOGE OF THE CHERNOBYL INCIDENT,
>> OH, MY GOSH,
ALL RIGHT,
WELL, THANK YOU,
I WAS SUPPORTED AND GUIDED THROUGHOUT THE APPROVE OF MAKING "CHERNOBYL" BY FIVE AMAZING
WOMEN,
CAROLYN STRAUSS, JANE FEATHERSTONE, AND MY WIFE,
NEXT TO ME, THE GUY YOU JUST MET WITH THE HAT, JOHANN, YOU COULD NOT ASK FOR BETTER DIRECTORS AND
WRITERS,
BEHIND US, HBO AND SKY,
THIS INCREDIBLE CAST, AND A CAST AND CREW OF HUNDREDS FROM ALL ACROSS EUROPE, ALL DEDICATED TO
ONE JOB WHICH IS TELLING THIS STORY OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED AND SACRIFICED AS A RESULT OF
THE INCIDENT, ACCIDENT ON APRIL 26th, 1986,
I'M VERY PLEASED TO ACCEPT THIS IN THEIR MEMORY,
THANK YOU,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> FROM THE STARS OF "911," PETER KRAUSE AND ANGELA BASSETT,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> PAST WINNERS OF THE EMMY FOR LEAD ACT IN A LIMITED SERIES OR
MOVIE INCLUDE LEGEND LIKE SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER AND ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES, COURTNEY
B,VANCE,
>> TONIGHT ONE OF THESE SIX MEN WILL ADD THEIR NAME TO THAT PRESTIGIOUS LIST,
JARED HARRIS, "CHERNOBYL,"
>> WE LIE AND LIE UNTIL WE CAN NO LONGER REMEMBER,
BUT IT IS STILL THERE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> SAM ROCKWELL, "FOSSE/VERDON,"
>> THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO IS BE WITH YOU,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> BENICIO DEL TORO, "ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA,"
>> STOP THE CAR,
WE'LL BE IN CANADA IN 45 MINUTES,
>> YOU JUST WANT TO KILL SOME PEOPLE AND LEAVE SOME BODIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD?
WHY DID YOU PICK UP THAT GUN FOR?
>> JHARREL JEROME, "WHEN THEY SEE US,"
>> THEY WERE SCREAMING AT ME AND HITTING ON ME,
SO I FIGURE I TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANTED,
IF I TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANTED, I COULD GO HOME,
SO THAT'S WHAT I DID,
>> MAHERSHALA ALI, "TRUE DETECTIVE,"
>> LOCK DOWN THE STORE NOW,
I'M MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT,
GIVE ME THE MOTORCYCLE,
>> SIR, I DON'T THINK ‐‐ >> GIVE ME THE MIC!
>> HUGH GRANT,"A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL",
>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT WE TIE HIM UP OR BLUDGEON HIM OR DROP HIM IN THE THAMES,
NORMAN SCOTT HAS GOT TO DIE,
HOW?
, >> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ JHARREL JEROME,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THE NOMINATION FOR JHARREL JEROME, A GRADUATE OF LA GUARDIA
HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS,
THE PLACE WHERE YOU LITERALLY PAY FOR CLASSES IN SWEAT,
BARRELS OF SWEAT,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD JUST BE IN THE BRONX RIGHT NOW,
CHILLIN',
WAITING FOR MY MOM'S COOKING OR SOMETHING,
BUT I'M HERE IN FRONT OF MY INSPIRATIONS, HERE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE I'M SO MOTIVATED BY,
THE REASON I'M HERE IS ACTORS I WAS IN THE CATEGORY WITH,
IVE I HAVE TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER,
[ APPLAUSE ] I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT HER,
MY DAD,
OF COURSE AVA, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY,
NETFLIX,
MY TEAM, PERRY, EMILY, JEN, UTA, EVERYBODY, JORDAN, I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE,
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS FOR THE MEN THAT WE KNOW AS THE EXONERATED FIVE,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH,
IT'S AN HONOR,
IT'S A BLESSING,
♪♪ >> COMING UP, JAMES CORDEN, AND TOGETHER ONE LAST TIME, JULIA
LOUIS‐DREYFUS AND THE CAST OF "VEEP,"
THE 71st EMMY AWARDS SPONSORED BY CAPITAL ONE,
WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET?
>>> NINE‐TIME EMMY WINNER JAMES CORDEN,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO,
NICE TO SEE YOU,
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE AND I THOUGHT IN HONOR OF
"BANDERSNATCH" WHICH IS NOMINATED IN THIS CATEGORY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ADVENTURE, OKAY?
SO YOU CAN CHOOSE,
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO, A, JUST GET RIGHT TO THE NOMINATED PACKAGE, OR B, READ THROUGH TWO
PAGES OF THE WITTY PATTER WRITTEN BY THE ACADEMY?
JUST YELL OUT A OR B,
IT'S UP TO YOU,
WOW,
THAT'S A SHAME,
THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF GOOD STUFF,
YOU'LL NEVER, EVER HEAR IT,
THE OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE NOMINEES,
>> "BANDERSNATCH,"
"BREXIT" BRECKS,
>> LET'S TAKE BACK CONTROL!
>> "DEADWOOD," THE MOVIE,
>> MY JOB IS TO INTERPRET IT,
>> "KING LEAR,"
>> THEY SHALL BE THE TERRORS OF THE EARTH,
>> "MY DINNER WITH HERVE,"
>> RIARDO MONTALBAN WAS THE STAR,
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO THE BRILLIANT "BANDERSNATCH,"
[ APPLAUSE ] >> I WAS 100% WRONG ABOUT THIS ONE, CHECK MY TWITTER, I CALLED
IT FOR HERVE ALL THE WAY,
I'M NOT BIG ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT I WAS WRONG,
I'M WRONG AND I'M SORRY,
"BANDERSNATCH," TWO NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR,
WAY TO GO,
♪♪ >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
I WAS QUITE UNPREPARED,
THIS IS A KLEENEX FROM THE BATHROOM IN THE HOTEL,
I WAS PANICKING,
BEING BRITISH, WE WERE CONDITIONED FOR 52% OF YOU TO VOTE FOR BREXIT,
THANKS VERY MUCH,
THANK YOU TO THE ACADEMY,
ALL THE OTHER NOMINEES,
WE DIDN'T EXPECT THIS,
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT NETFLIX FROM THE CREATIVE SIDE AND THE TECH SIDE,
I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE CONNIE AND MY CHILDREN WHO ARE 5 AND 7 YEARS OLD AND I CAN NEVER LIMIT
YOUR VIDEO SCREEN TIME AGAIN, IF I DO I'M A DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE,
>> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE NOMINEES, IN PARTICULAR DAVID MILLCH, SO
WE ARE VERY HONORED,
RUSSELL McLEAN IS OUR AMAZING PRODUCER WHO MASTER MINDED THIS NONSENSE,
MY THANK YOU TO MY PARTNER AND THREE LITTLE ONES, BE NICE TO GRANDMA, I'M COMING HOME SOON,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HUGH LAURIE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> IT IS MY VERY GREAT HONOR TO BE DELIVERING THE REQUIEM FOR
HBO'S "VEEP,"
I DON'T HAVE A JOKE BECAUSE FOR SEVEN YEARS HBOs "VEEP" HAS BEEN THE FUNNIEST THING ANYWHERE,
FOR ME TO DO A JOKE, IT SEEMS LIKE ‐‐ I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT,
I'M NOT,
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SALUTE THE WRITERS, DAVID MANDEL, PROBABLY THE GREATEST CAST EVER ASSEMBLED
IN PEACETIME, AND ALL OF THIS SUPPORTING THE SINGLE GREATEST COMIC PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER
SEEN FROM JULIA LOUIS‐DREYFUS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, "VEEP,"
>> THE JOURNEY WE BEGIN TONIGHT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING,
>> DID THE PRESIDENT CALL?
NO,
DID THE PRESIDENT CALL?
>> NO,
>> IF MEN GOT PREGNANT YOU COULD GET AN ABORTION IN AN ATM,
>> THE UNTHINKABLE THING IS THAT ANYTHING IS UNTHINKABLE,
>> PEOPLE WILL EQUATE YOU WITH A NATURAL DISASTER,
>> I'VE MET SOME REAL PEOPLE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE [ BLEEP ] IDIOTS,
>> THE PRESIDENT IS TWEETING,
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TELL THE TRUTH,
NOTHING GOOD COMES OF IT,
>> WE WERE FOLLOWING ORDERS,
>> SO WAS HITLER,
>> WHY IS THAT YOUR HAIR?
>> BEING VICE PRESIDENT IS LIKE BEING DECLAWED, DEFANGED, AND LEFT IN AN ABANDONED COAL MINE
UNDER TWO MILES OF HUMAN [ BLEEP ],
>> BE VICE PRESIDENT,
JUST STOP YELLING AT ME,
>> THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA,
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JULIA LOUIS‐DREYFUS AND THE CAST OF "VEEP,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ >> SO WINSTON CHURCHILL ONCE
QUIPPED THAT POLITICS WAS LIKE BEING MARRIED TO A TWO DIRECTORS HEADED, UH, I'M SORRY,
I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE UP HERE ALONE,
YOU KNOW, TO CELEBRATE THE SHOW "VEEP," BECAUSE THAT IS ME,
I WAS THE VEEP,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN MAKE THIS WORK, IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH THIS
INCREDIBLE CAST, MY CO‐STARS,
[ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A CLICHE, BUT OVER THESE LAST
EIGHT YEARS, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME LIKE FAMILY TO ME,
>> JULIA, I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS OKAY IF I SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING,
>> OH, SURE, JONAH, GO AHEAD,
>> THAT'S THE CHARACTER'S NAME,
MY NAME IS TIM,
>> FANTASTIC,
>> ON BEHALF OF THE REST OF THE "VEEP" CAST, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE THESE LAST
FEW YEARS TO HAVE ‐‐ >> AND HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES
OR MOVIE,
>> AMY ADAMS, "SHARP OBJECTS,"
JOEY KING, "THE ACT,"
>> SHE MAKES ME SAY IT,
>> MICHELLE WILLIAMS, "FOSSE/VERDON,"
>> YOU CAN'T STAND THE FACT THAT I'M THE STAR, NOT YOU,
>> AUNJANUE ELLIS, "WHEN THEY SEE US,"
>> I WANT TO SEE MY SON,
I WANT TO SEE MY SON RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT NOW,
>> PATRICIA ARQUETTE, "ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA,"
>> AND YOU DIDN'T HIT BACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS NOT TO,
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT,
>> NIECY NASH, "WHEN THEY SEE US,"
>> YOU DON'T KNOW ME,
YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BEING ME,
>> EVERYBODY'S GONE,
IS THAT BETTER?
>> ALMOST, YES,
AND THE EMMY FOR LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE GOES TO ‐‐
>> JULIA LOUIS‐DREYFUS,
>> NO, IT'S FINE, DROP IT,
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, "FOSSE/VERDON,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> MICHELLE WILLIAMS HAS MAGIC TO DO AS SHE LEAVES HER FIELDS
TO FLOWER,
SOMEWHERE LIN‐MANUEL MIRANDA JUST HIGH FIVED TO THE AIR,
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE TELEVISION ACADEMY FOR THIS,
AND TO THE INCREDIBLE CAST AND CREW WHO WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THIS SHOW,
SAM ROCKWELL, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORKED,
I SEE THIS AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN A WOMAN IS TRUSTED AND FEELS SAFE ENOUGH
TO VOICE HER NEEDS AND RESPECTED ENOUGH TO BE HEARD,
WHEN I ASK FOR MORE DANCE CLASSES, I HEARD YES,
VOICE LESSONS, YES,
HAIR NOT MADE OUT OF RUBBER, YES,
ALL THESE THINGS REQUIRE EFFORT AND COST MORE MONEY,
BUT MY BOSSES NEVER PRESUMED TO KNOW BETTER THAN I DID ABOUT WHAT I NEEDED IN ORDER TO DO MY
JOB AND HONOR GWEN VERDON,
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO FX AND FOX 21 STUDIOS FOR SUPPORTING ME AND PAYING ME EQUALLY, BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTOOD ‐‐ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT
WHEN YOU PUT VALUE INTO A PERSON, IT EMPOWERS THAT PERSON TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR OWN
INHERENT VALUE,
WHERE DO THEY PUT THAT VALUE?
THEY PUT IT INTO THEIR WORK,
THE NEXT TIME A WOMAN, ESPECIALLY A WOMAN OF COLOR, BECAUSE SHE STANDS TO MAKE 52
CENTS ON THE DOLLAR COMPARED TO HER WHITE MALE COUNTERPARTS, TELLS YOU WHAT SHE NEEDS IN
ORDER TO DO HER JOB, LISTEN TO HER, BELIEVE HER, BECAUSE ONE DAY SHE MIGHT STAND IN FRONT OF
YOU AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING HER TO SUCCEED BECAUSE OF HER WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND
NOT IN SPITE OF IT,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU,
THIS IS FOR YOU LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE NOMINEES FOR LIMITED SERIES ARE ‐‐ "CHERNOBYL,"
"ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA,"
"FOSSE/VERDON,"
"SHARP OBJECTS,"
"WHEN THEY SEE US,"
>> FROM THE LOUDEST VOICE, NAOMI WATTS AND EMMY WINNER JON HAMM,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> SO MANY GREAT SERIES,
TOO LITTLE TIME,
>> WHICH IS WHY I'VE MADE THE EXECUTIVE DECISION TO SHOW EACH AND EVERY EPISODE OF EACH AND
EVERY NOMINATED SERIES TONIGHT IN ITS ENTIRETY,
GET READY TO LAUGH BECAUSE HERE COMES "CHERNOBYL," EPISODE 1,
>> YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT,
>> THE SHOW IS RUNNING SHORT,
WHATEVER,
A MISSED OPPORTUNITY,
>> OKAY THEN,
THE EMMY FOR LIMITED SERIES GOES TO ‐‐ "CHERNOBYL,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] "CHERNOBYL" RECEIVED 19 NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR,
"CHERNOBYL," THE LITTLE NUCLEAR DISASTER THAT COULD,
♪♪ >> I TRIED TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THE SPEECH AND I FAILED,
WELL, THANK YOU,
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR,
YOU CAN SEE THESE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO WORKED SO HARD,
I WANT TO POINT OUT WE DID MOVE OUR WORK IN LITHUANIA,
I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNTRY OF LITHUANIA AND ITS GOVERNMENT AND ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE AMAZING AND
WHO LET US INTO THEIR HOMES AND WHO AS FORMER SOVIET CITIZENS GAVE SO MUCH TO US, AND THE
PEOPLE OF KIEV AND UKRAINE,
I HOPE THAT IN SOME SMALL WAY OUR SHOW HAS HELPED REMIND PEOPLE OF THE VALUE OF THE TRUTH
AND THE DANGER OF THE LIE,
[ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU,
AND I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THE THING I SAID, I SAID "ETERNAL MEMORY,"
I LIKE TO THANK IN TELEVISION WE CAN MAKE STORY BE KNOWN PERMANENTLY,
THAT'S A REMARKABLE POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR US ALL,
WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> STICK AROUND TO SEE IF HISTORY IS MADE FOR VARIETY
TALK,
ARE THE EMMYS WOKE OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT ‐‐ THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T DO THIS BECAUSE
IT SUCKS,
>>> FROM "HIS DARK MATERIALS," TONY, GRAMMY, AND EMMY WINNER LIN‐MANUEL MIRANDA,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF "VARIETY" IS THE ABSENCE OF
UNIFORMITY, SAMENESS, OR MONOTONY,
WRITERS ON A VARIETY SERIES CAN PACK SO MANY IDEAS INTO ONE SHOW,
WHATEVER THEY CAN COME UP WITH, THERE IS NO STOPPING THEM,
SINCE THE FIRST RULE OF TV IS SHOW, DON'T TELL, PERHAPS THIS WILL EXPLAIN IT BEST,
♪♪ ♪ DRAMA THINKS IT'S ALL FANCY
AND COMEDY GETS ALL THE LAUGHS ♪ ♪ BUT THERE'S ONLY
ONE CATEGORY FOR SINGIN' AND DANCIN' AND DEATH‐DEFYING ACROBATS ♪
♪ PYRO DETONATIONS UNLIKELY COMBINATIONS THAT IS ALL SO VARIETY ♪
♪ GOT FLASHING LIGHTS AND LEAPS AND JUGGLING
MERYL STREEPS ♪ ♪ THEY ARE ALSO VARIETY BACKFLIPS
SEE ♪ ♪ WE FLIP DANCE JUGGLE AND SING
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ♪ ♪ WE'RE THE BEST OF THE REST
KAFKA‐ESQUE AND BURLESQUE ♪ ♪ PLUS MIDDLE‐AGED
WHITE GUYS SITTIN' BEHIND A DESK ♪ >> OK, FIRST OF ALL, I AM NOT A
MIDDLE‐AGED WHITE MAN BEHIND A DESK,
I AM A MIDDLE‐AGED WHITE WOMAN, AND I DON'T NEED A DESK!
♪ RANDOM MIX OF EVERYONE A GEFILTE FISH OF FUN WE ARE ALL SO VARIETY ♪
♪ GOT A MASKED SINGER AND YETI THEY'RE POPPIN'
OFF CONFETTI ♪ ♪ WE ARE ALL SO VARIETY SEE
A STILT WALKING LARRY KING I GUESS HE IS ALSO A THING ♪ >> WHY NOT?
♪ WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A VARIETY SERIES ARE ‐‐
>> "DOCUMENTARY NOW!,"
>> YOU TOOK THAT RIGHT OFF THE PAGE,
>> WE WENT YOU TO LISTEN,
>> "FULL FRONTAL" WITH SAMANTHA BEE,
>> THE NUMBER OF OXYCODONE JUMPED 150%,
THE BIGGEST THING MY FAMILY EVER ACCOMPLISHED WAS GETTING BANNED IN OLIVE GARDENS,
>> LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER,
>> JUST THINK ABOUT THAT, OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO JOHN TRAVOLTA HAS IN A MOVIE FOR OF THEM
BELIEVE IN PSYCHICS,
>> SETH MEYERS,
>> PFIZER HAS RAISED THE PRICE 1,200%,
>> THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT,
>> THE FBI SHOWED UP TO ARREST HIM 15 MINUTES AFTER HE TWEETED,
FAST,
REAL FAST,
WE DON'T BRING JUSTICE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS, THE PERP WALKS FREE,
>> "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,"
>> WHO CAN SELL YOU CONDOMS AND ARIZONA ICED TEA?
AND PLANTAIN CHIPS,
>> THE BODEGA MAN CAN,
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ THE TEAM FROM "LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THE NOMINATION FOR "LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER"
FINALLY BRINGING SOME PRESTIGE TO THE NETWORK HOME BOX OFFICE,
♪♪ >> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
THE OTHER WRITERS WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO LET ME SPEAK ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY,
FIRST, OBVIOUSLY, JOHN, OUR AMAZING EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, TIM CARRVEL AND LIZ STANTON,
WE SHARE THIS WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AT THE SHOW, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING
AND WE WANT NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
LASTLY, OUR OFFICE DOG BRUCE,
BRUCE, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING BIG FLOPPY EARS AND LETTING US GIVE YOU BELLY RUBS
ALL DAY AND PRODUCING OUR PIECE ON THE SENATE FILIBUSTER EARLIER THIS YEAR,
YOU GUYS WOULD LOVE BRUCE, HE'S GREAT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> FROM FRESH OFF THE BOAT, RANDALL PARK, AND FROM
BLASH‐ISH, ANTHONY ANDERSON,
>> OKAY,
WHAT WAS THAT MUSIC?
>> UMM, I ACTUALLY CHOSE IT,
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO INTRODUCE THIS NEXT CATEGORY,
>> OKAY, BUT THE CATEGORY IS VARIETY SKETCH SERIES,
>> AND YOUR POINT IS?
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, THE MUSIC WORKS FOR ANYTHING,
AND THE NOMINEES ARE,
>> "AT HOME WITH AMY SEDARIS,"
"DOCUMENTARY NOW!,"
"DRUNK HISTORY,"
"WHO IS AMERICA?,"
"I LOVE YOU, AMERICA WITH SARAH SILVERMAN,"
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,"
>> ALL RIGHT,
AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ >> CRACK IT OPEN,
>> DO IT,
>> "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> WITH 270 NOMINATIONS, "SNL" HAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PROGRAM
IN EMMY HISTORY,
THE SHOW'S THIRD CONSECUTIVE WIN IN THIS CATEGORY,
THERE WILL BE A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE COMING UP ON THE STAGE OF WHICH WE'LL RECOGNIZE, I DON'T
KNOW, FOUR, SIX,
I RECOGNIZE ‐‐ YES,
NO,
YES,
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE ACADEMY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR US,
THIS MEANS A LOT,
THE SHOW THAT WE SUBMITTED WAS A SHOW THAT ADAM SANDLER DID,
AND HE CAME BACK TO HOST 24 YEARS AFTER HE LEFT,
AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW, HE DID A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS FARLEY,
AND THE CREW AND THE CAST AND EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THAT STUDIO, MOVE WHOM HAD WORKED THERE WHEN
CHRIS FARLEY AND ADAM SANDLER WERE YOUNG MEN, IT'S RARE THAT YOU SEE THE CAMERA MEN TEAR UP
OR A BOOM CREW CRYING,
BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY CHILLING MOMENT AND VERY POWERFUL,
AND IT'S THOSE KIND OF MOMENTS WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING INTO OUR 45th SEASON,
[ APPLAUSE ] AND THAT SORT OF THING IS WHAT KEEPS US THERE,
THAT AND THE POLITICS,
[ APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ >> JAMES CORDEN, STEPHEN
COLBERT, JIMMY KIMMEL, SAMANTHA BEE, JOHN OLIVER, OR TREVOR NOAH,
WHO WILL TAKE HOME THE VARIETY TALK SERIES EMMY?
AND WE SAY GOODBYE TO SHOWS WE'VE LOVED THROUGH THE YEARS WHEN THE EMMYS CONTINUE ON FOX,
THE 71st EMMY AWARDS SPONSORED BY THE SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 10,
NEXT LEVEL POWER,
>>> FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAX GREENFELD AND CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER,
>> WHAT'S UP, I'M CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER,
>> AND I'M MAX THE GREENFIELD,
VARIETY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING IN OUR LIVES,
>> IT'S THE REASON WHY WE LOVE BUFFETS IN AMERICA,
>> OH, WELL, LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THE SHRIMP,
>> SMELLS GOOD,
>> IS THAT AN OMELET STATION?
>> OH, THANK YOU,
>> GIVE ME ONE OF THOSE,
>> AND THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTING A VARIETY SERIES,
"DOCUMENTARY NOW!,"
"DRUNK HISTORY,"
"LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER,"
"THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN,"
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,"
"WHO IS AMERICA?,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO DON ROY KING,
>> NINTH EMMY WIN AND 13th NOMINATION FOR DON ROY KING,
THIS WIN MEANS HE CAN GO HOME TONIGHT AND BOWL,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THIS IS IN HONOR OF PHIL HIMES WHO WE LOST THIS SUMMER,
HIS FIERCE FOCUS MADE US FLINCH BUT MADE US BETTER,
MY DAUGHTER CATHERINE WHO MAKES ME PROUD AND LAUGHING AND LORNE MICHAELS WHO KEEPS ME EMPLOYED,
LORNE DEMANDS EXCELLENCE AND BLUE RIBBON WRITERS TAKE UP THAT MANDATE AND THEY CREATE TEN
ONE‐ACT PLAYS IN FOUR DAYS,
THE BEST SKETCH ACTORS IN THE WORLD BRING THOSE CHARACTERS TO LIFE,
GENIUS DESIGNERS PAINT THE PICTURES AROUND THEM AND THE FINEST VIDEO AND AUDIO AND STAGE
CREE CREW SUPPORT ALL THAT,
FOR THAT, YOU GIVE ME A GOLD STATUE,
I'LL TAKE IT,
THANK YOU,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> STAR OF "POSE" AND FIRST TIME EMMY NOMINEE BILLY PORTER,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THE NOMINEES IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY CHALLENGE POWER THROUGH
HUMOR, ENTERTAIN US IN THE LATEST OF HOURS WITH SOME OF THE MOST OF THE INSANE GAME CONCEPTS
I'VE EVER HEARD OF AND FEATURE THE MOST MULTITALENTED HOSTS,
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR VARIETY TALK SHOW SERIES,
"FULL FRONTAL,"
"JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!,"
"THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN,"
"THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT,"
"LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER,"
AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ "LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> FOURTH CONSECUTIVE EMMY WIN IN THIS CATEGORY,
JOHN OLIVER WHO ALSO PLAYED THE DIGITAL TOUCAN,
>> I FEEL SIGNIFICANTLY LESS GLAMOROUS STANDING NEXT TO YOU, BILLY,
THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, THEY WORK INCREDIBLY HARD,
THESE SHOWS ARE A REAL GRIND AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY DILIGENT, THEY BUILT A 6,000 POUND CAKE TO
PISS OFF THE LEADER OF TURKMENISTAN,
THANK YOU TO "GAME OF THRONES" FOR THE LEAD‐IN OVER THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN AMAZING, REALLY GREAT,
IT'S BEEN SO FUN WORKING OUT HOW TO LOSE YOUR AUDIENCE EACH WEEK,
MUNICIPAL TAX DISTRICTS REALLY SHOOK THEM OFF,
EVERYONE AT HBO, NINA, CASEY, AND RICHARD PEPLER, LIZ, TIM, THEY RUN OUR SHOW, OUR KIDS,
VERY MUCH OUR PARTNERS,
DAVID, TOM, AND KATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE'RE NOT AROUND,
THANKS VERY MUCH,
GOODBYE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE STARS OF "EMPIRE," TARAJI P, HENSON AND TERRENCE HOWARD,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE
CHARACTERS WHEN A SHOW COMES TO AN END, AN EMOTION TARAJI AND I WILL BE FEELING UNFORTUNATELY
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE YEAR,
>> AND TO QUOTE THE GREAT FRANK SINATRA, THE BEST IS YET TO COME,
AS WE'VE SEEN, A FAREWELL SEASON CAN CREATE TREASURED MEMORIES FOR SHOW'S CAST AND ITS FANS,
HERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWS THAT SAID GOODBYE THIS PAST SEASON,
>> I'M UNABLE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE I LOVE WHEN GOTHAM NEEDS ME,
I WILL RETURN,
>> YOU'RE WORSE THAN FRANK,
>> SHE'S KICKING AGAIN, IT'S LIKE SHE SENSES WE'RE NEARING THE END,
>> YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY CHANGED THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN IT, ME,
>> THEY JUST REVEALED THE LAST BIG SECRETS SO THE SHOW IS OVER,
>> FOREVER?
>> COME ON, YOU DUMB BROADS,
>> [ BLEEP ],
>> WE WON,
>> WE DID IT,
>> I KNOW,
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
>> THAT'S GOOD POINT, WHAT IF I'M DREAMING?
>> WE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE!
>> AND THAT'S A CUT,
>> HOWARD, BERNADETTE,
RAJ, PENNY,
LEONARD,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW IN MY WAY I LOVE YOU ALL,
THANK YOU,
>>> COMING UP, SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES,
AND IF YOU THINK THE COMPETITION FOR THE IRON THRONE WAS FIERCE, STAY TUNED FOR SUPPORTING
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA WHEN THE EMMYS CONTINUE ON FOX,
>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF THE TELEVISION ACADEMY,
>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING,
AND I DON'T JUST MEAN OUR CELEBRATION TONIGHT,
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TELEVISION,
IT'S A SHORTCUT TO UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER,
HAVE YOU NOTICED OUR STANDARD GREETING HAS CHANGED?
WE REALLY BEGIN TO CONNECT WHEN WE ASK, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?
WE OPEN OURSELVES UP TO GOOD NATURED DISAGREEMENTS AND NO, DOESN'T TELL ME I HAVEN'T SEEN
IT YET,
WE LAUGH TOGETHER, FREAK OUT OVER CRAZY TWISTS TOGETHER,
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS, WHAT THEY'RE REALLY SAYING IS I WANT TO SHARE
THIS WITH YOU,
THIS PLATINUM AGE OF TELEVISION SUPPLIES US WITH SOMETHING WE CRAVE ‐‐ COMMON GROUND,
LET'S KEEP WATCHING AND KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING,
THANK YOU,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> FROM HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, OSCAR, TONY, AND EMMY
WINNER AND ANOTHER NOMINEE TONIGHT, VIOLA DAVIS,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> WHAT SEEMS LIKE JUST A SIMPLE DAY AT THE PARK IGNITES AN IDEA
THAT AFTER HOURS AND HOURS OF TIRELESS WORK, IT BECOMES WORDS ON A PAGE,
THAT SCRIPT BECOMES A BLUEPRINT BY WHICH DIRECTORS, ACTORS, DESIGNERS, AND SO MANY OTHERS
BUILD A VISION, PREPARING DAY AFTER DAY UNTIL THAT VISION IS TRANSFORMED INTO A REALITY,
PAINTED, DRESSED, AND BROUGHT TO LIFE,
ACTION,
WHEN THESE ELEMENTS FALL INTO PLACE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AWAY,
AND THAT IS DRAMA,
AND IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NOMINEES FOR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
SERIES,
CHRIS SULLIVAN, "THIS IS US,"
>> YOU'RE THE FIRST,
>> MICHAEL KELLEY, "HOUSE OF CARDS,"
>> I HAD TO PROTECT THE LEGACY FROM THE MAN,
>> JONATHAN BANKS, "BETTER CALL SAUL,"
>> NOTHING YOU CAN SAY OR DO WILL MAKE ANYONE TRUST YOU AGAIN,
>> GIANCARLO ESPOSITO, "BETTER CALL SAUL,"
NIKOLAJ COSTER‐WALDAU, "GAME OF THRONES,"
ALFIE ALLEN, "GAME OF THRONES,"
PETER DINKLAGE, "GAME OF THRONES,"
>> THAT WOULD SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS,
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ PETER DINKLAGE, "GAME OF THRONES,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THERE WILL BE SLIDING DOWN THE BANISTERS AS DINKLAGE GOES
WITH FOUR EMMYS,
>> THANK YOU,
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY BUT HERE WE GO,
I COUNT MYSELF SO FORTUNATE TO BE A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOTHING BUT ALL ABOUT
TOLERANCE AND DIVERSITY,
BECAUSE NO OTHER PLACE COULD I BE STANDING ON A STAGE LIKE THIS,
[ APPLAUSE ] IT'S BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS, ALL SAID AND DONE, SINCE THE MOMENT
I MET DAVE AND DAN UNTIL RIGHT NOW,
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO BUT I KNEW DAVID AND DAN WERE QUITE BRILLIANT,
TEN YEARS OF ABSOLUTE SWEAT BUT TEN YEARS OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE, TALENTED,
FUNNIEST ‐‐ HEY, IT'S AN OVER, I DON'T CARE ‐‐ I'VE EVER BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH,
WE DID NOTHING BUT SWEAT, WE DID NOTHING BUT LAUGH,
DAVE AND DAN, WE LITERALLY WALKED THROUGH FIRE AND ICE FOR YOU, LITERALLY,
AND I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT,
THANK YOU,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> EMMY WINNER TONIGHT FROM "WHEN THEY SEE US," JHARREL
JEROME,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO,
LAST WEEK AT THE CREATIVE ART EMMY, AWARDS WERE GIVEN FOR BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
SERIES,
THE WINNER FOR BEST ACTOR WAS BRADLEY WHITFORD,
[ APPLAUSE ] AND NOW IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE WINNER FOR GUEST
ACTRESS FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE," CHERRY JONES,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> MUCH OF THE SUCCESS, MUCH OF THE SUCCESS OF EVERY SERIES THIS
PAST SEASON, DRAMA SERIES, IS THANKS TO THE CREATIVE GENIUSES, THE STORYTELLERS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR WRITING FOR DRAMA SERIES,
"BETTER CALL SAUL,"
"BODY GUARD,"
"GAME OF THRONES,"
"THE HANDMAID'S TALE,"
"KILLNG EVE,"
"SUCCESSION,"
AND THE WINNER IS ‐‐ JESSE ARMSTRONG,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> "SUCCESSION" IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE MURDOCH FAMILY, THE SAME
ONE THAT HAS ORDERED ME TO SIT HERE AT THIS MICROPHONE AND TELL JOKES,
AND IT'S A REAL PLEASURE, AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE, I WANT TO THANK THEM EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE
AND I HOPE MY FAMILY'S OKAY,
>> I'M QUITE OVERWHELMED, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT,
QUITE A LOT OF BRITISH WINNERS,
MAYBE TOO MANY,
MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE A THINK ABOUT THOSE IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS,
IF THIS EPISODE IS ANY GOOD AT ALL IT'S DUE TO THE MAN WHO DIRECTED, AND THE WRITERS WHO
I'M VERY FOND OF, TO THE CAST, WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARY AND CAN TURN BASE METAL INTO GOLD,
THEY MAKE IT A PLEASURE TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY,
I'M JUST SORRY I'M AWAY FROM HOME SO MUCH SO TO MY FAMILY WHO I MISS WHEN I'M AWAY,
AND TO FRANK RICH, ADAM McKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
SERIES,
FIONA SHAW, KILLING EVE,
JULIA GARNER, "OZARK,"
LENA HEADEY, "GAME OF THRONES,"
GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE, "GAME OF THRONES,"
SOPHIE TURNER, "GAME OF THRONES,"
MAISIE WILLIAMS, "GAME OF THRONES,"
>> FROM "THE GOOD PLACE," KRISTEN BELL, AND DON CHEADLE,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> ARE YOU OKAY?
>> YEAH, I DON'T CARE,
>> I'M SORRY,
I'M SORRY,
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE,
HOW DOES THAT FEEL, TO LOSE NINE TIMES?
WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE?
>> I'M GOOD,
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY ABOUT HAVING THE OSCAR ON THE SHELF,
>> DO YOU HAVE AN OSCAR?
>> CAN WE JUST READ THE THING, PLEASE?
>> JULIA GARNER,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> JULIA GARNER, FIRST EMMY WIN AND FIRST NOMINATION,
WHAT A WIN FOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GO LIONS, GO JULIA, WHO IS FROM THE BRONX,
CONSIDERED THE OZARKS OF NEW YORK CITY,
>> OH, MY GOD,
I'M SHAKING,
WOW,
WHOO,
I WISH THAT THIS ‐‐ IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE, IN A CANDY WRAPPER,
I WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ‐‐ I'M SORRY, I'M SO NERVOUS,
WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THE CHOCOLATE, I WANT TO GIVE A PIECE TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN MY LIFE,
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JASON BATEMAN,
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,
AND YOU'VE BEEN A GUIDING LIGHT THROUGH THE BEGINNING,
PATRICK MARKEY, MATT SPIEGEL, ALL THE PRODUCERS, CHRIS MUNDY, THE WONDERFUL SHOW RUNNER, ALL
THE WRITERS, LAURA, I LOVE YOU,
MY AGENT, DANNY STREISAND,
SARAH GORDON, MY FAMILY, MY MOM, MY DAD, THEY'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT,
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE,
AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MARK, AND MY SISTER AND ANYBODY WHO I'M FORGETTING, I'M SO SORRY,
I'LL CALL YOU,
AND I LOVED PLAYING RUTH SO MUCH, EVERY SINGLE DAY I FEEL LUCKY DOING THIS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'LL REMEMBER THIS FOREVER,
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
THANK YOU,
[ APPLAUSE ] >>> WHEN WE RETURN, IN MEMORIAM, FEATURING A PERFORMANCE BY
HALSEY,
>>> STAR OF "WATCHMAN," OSCAR AND THREE‐TIME EMMY WINNER REGINA KING,
>> TONIGHT AS WE CELEBRATE THE VERY BEST OF THE PAST TELEVISION SEASON, WE ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO
REMEMBER THE MANY LEGEND WE LOT OF THIS PAST YEAR,
SOME ARE FAMILIAR TO ALL,
OTHERS WERE BEST KNOWN TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THEY WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS,
REGARDLESS IF THEY WERE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT, THEY WERE ALL BELOVED MEMBERS OF OUR
FAMILY,
ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOW BE GONE, THEY'RE LEGACIES ENDURE,
♪♪ ♪ LYING IN MY BED I HEAR THE CLOCK TICK
AND THINK OF YOU CAUGHT UP IN CIRCLES ♪ ♪ CONFUSION IS NOTHING NEW
FLASHBACK WARM NIGHTS ALMOST LEFT BEHIND ♪ ♪ SUITCASES OF MEMORIES
TIME AFTER SOMETIMES YOU PICTURE ME I'M WALKING TOO FAR AHEAD ♪
♪ YOU'RE CALLING TO ME I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'VE SAID THEN YOU SAY
GO SLOW ♪ ♪ I FALL BEHIND THE SECOND HAND UNWINDS
IF YOU'RE LOST YOU CAN LOOK ♪ ♪ AND YOU WILL FIND ME
TIME AFTER TIME ♪ ♪ IF YOU FALL I WILL CATCH YOU
I WILL BE WAITING ♪ ♪ TIME AFTER TIME IF YOU'RE LOST
YOU CAN LOOK AND YOU WILL FIND ME ♪ ♪ TIME AFTER TIME
IF YOU FALL I WILL CATCH YOU I WILL BE WAITING ♪
♪ TIME AFTER TIME >> VERY INTERESTING, BUT SILLY STUPID,
>> TAKE A FIRM HOLD OF THE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE,
♪ AFTER MY PICTURE FADES AND DARKNESS HAS TURNED TO GRAY ♪
♪ WATCHING THROUGH WINDOWS YOU'RE WONDERING IF I'M OKAY SECRETS ♪
♪ STOLEN FROM DEEP INSIDE THE DRUM BEATS OUT OF TIME ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE LOST YOU CAN LOOK AND YOU WILL FIND ME
TIME AFTER TIME ♪ ♪ IF YOU FALL I WILL CATCH YOU
I WILL BE WAITING TIME AFTER TIME ♪ ♪ IF YOU'RE LOST
YOU CAN LOOK AND YOU WILL FIND ME TIME AFTER TIME ♪
♪ IF YOU FALL I WILL CATCH YOU I WILL BE WAITING
TIME AFTER TIME ♪ ♪ TIME AFTER TIME TIME AFTER TIME
TIME AFTER TIME ♪♪ TIME AFTER TIME ♪♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>>> FROM "AMERICA'S SON," KERRY WASHINGTON,
THE ACTORS IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY ARE AMAZINGLY UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL ARTISTS,
WHAT THEY ALL SHARE IS THEIR VAST TALENT AND THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE TRULY UNFORGETTABLE
CHARACTERS,
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES,
MILO MILO VENTIMIGLIA, "THIS IS US,"
JASON BATEMAN, "OZARK,"
STERLING K, BROWN, "THIS IS US,"
KIT HARINGTON, "GAME OF THRONES,"
BOB ODENKIRK, "BETTER CALL SAUL,"
BILLY PORTER, "POSE,"
AND ONCE AGAIN WE WITNESS HISTORY UNFOLD,
THE EMMY GOES TO BILLY PORTER,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THEY'LL BE KICKING UP THEIR KINKY BOOTS TONIGHT FOR BILLY
PORTER,
MY APOLOGIES TO WHOEVER IS SITTING TO THE LEFT,
>> OH, MY GOD!
I GOTTA READ,
OH, MY GOD,
GOD BLESS YOU ALL,
THE CATEGORY IS LOVE, Y'ALL, LOVE,
I AM SO OVERWHELMED AND SO OVERJOYED TO HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THIS DAY,
JAMES BALDWIN WROTE ABOUT VOMITING UP THE FILTH I WAS TAUGHT ABOUT MYSELF AND HALFWAY
BELIEVED BEFORE I COULD WALK THIS EARTH LIKE I HAD A RIGHT TO BE HERE,
I HAVE THE RIGHT,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT,
WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT,
[ APPLAUSE ] THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME GET HERE ALONG THE
WAY,
I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL TO THE OTHER EXQUISITELY TALENTED MEN IN MY CATEGORY, I
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH,
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE BREATHING THE SAME AIR YOU ALL BREATHE,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
I LOVE YOU, MY MOTHER,
MUCH LOVE TO THE ACTORS FUND NURSING HOME,
MY SISTER, MY HUSBAND ADAM PORTER SMITH, BILL BUTLER, MY MANAGER OF 29 YEARS,
29 YEARS YOU HELPED ME BELIEVE IN MYSELF WHEN I COULDN'T BELIEVE,
ALL THE PEOPLE AT FX,
ALEXA FOGLE, MY "POSE" CAST, EVERYBODY IN MY "POSE" CAST,
RYAN MURPHY, RYAN MURPHY, RYAN MURPHY,
YOU SAW ME, YOU BELIEVED IN US,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
OH, MY GOODNESS,
WE ARE THE PEOPLE,
WE AS ARTISTS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GET TO CHANGE THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THE HEARTS AND
MINDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THIS PLANET,
PLEASE DON'T EVER STOP DOING THAT,
PLEASE DON'T EVER STOP TELLING THE TRUTH,
THEY'RE TELLING ME TO PLEASE STOP,
GOD BLESS YOU,
IF I FORGOT ANYBODY, I'M SORRY,
I LOVE YOU ALL,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTING FOR DRAMA SERIES,
DAVID BENIOFF, THE "GAME OF THRONES",
"GAME OF THRONES,"
"THE HANDMAID'S TALE,"
"KILLNG EVE,"
JASON BATEMAN, OZARKS,
ADAM McKAY, "SUCCESSION,"
>> FROM "ALMOST FAMILY," BRITTANY SNOW AND TIMOTHY HUTTON,
>> EACH OF THESE ACCOMPLISHED DIRECTORS CREATED SOMETHING BRILLIANT,
>> AND ALL ARE DESERVING,
WE CAN ONLY GIVE THIS AWARD TO ONE,
>> AND THE EMMY FOR DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES GOES TO ‐‐ >> JASON BATEMAN, "OZARK,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> FIRST WIN, SEVENTH NOMINATION FOR JASON BATEMAN WHO STILL
WEARS THE SAME SIZE SLACKS AS WHEN HE APPEARED ON "LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE,"
A YOGA MASTER, HE CAN SLEEP IN A CARRY‐ON SUITCASE,
>> WOW,
UMM, WOW,
THAT IS SOMETHING,
I'M GOING TO GO ON SOMETHING THAT JULIA STARTED WITH THIS CHOCOLATE TREAT HERE,
I CAN'T BE HOLDING THIS WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS SHOW,
I'M SO LUCKY TO BE A PART OF WORK, ESPECIALLY AS A DIRECTOR,
I'LL MAYBE THIS LITTLE PART HERE BUT THE CAST AND CREW AND WRITERS CAN HAVE THE WHOLE
PLANET,
WE'LL GIVE A WING TO NETFLIX AND THE WHOLE BODY FOR MY TEAM AND THEN AMANDA, YOU AND MAPLE AND
FRANNY BACK HOME,
YOU ARE THE FULL BASE OF EVERYTHING THAT I DO,
I LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH,
THANK YOU GUYS,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE NOMINEES FOR LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES,
VIOLA DAVIS, "HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER,"
>> I NEED YOU TO CHOOSE ME RIGHT NOW,
MANDY MOORE, "THIS IS US,"
>> I WANT TO REWIND THE CLOCK,
>> EMILIA CLARKE, "GAME OF THRONES,"
>> IT WILL TAKE ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT OR WHAT IT DOES TO
PEOPLE,
>> ROBIN WRIGHT, "HOUSE OF CARDS,"
>> PAIN AND JUST A SMALL DOSE OF CRAZY,
CLAIRE UNDERWOOD LIKE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
>> SANDRA OH, "KILLNG EVE,"
>> WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOOT RAYMOND?
>> YOU WANTED ME TO DO IT,
>> JODIE COMER, "KILLNG EVE,"
>> THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES YOU INTERESTING IS ME,
>> LAURA LINNEY, "OZARK,"
>> LUCIFER WAS AN ANGEL BEFORE HE FELL,
HE WAS PRISTINE AND BLAMELESS AND THEN HE WASN'T,
>> LUCIFER WASN'T A FATHER,
>> FROM THE POLITICIAN, ACADEMY AWARD AND EMMY WINNER GWYNETH PALTROW,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> WHENEVER THEY WERE IN A SCENE, WE COULDN'T TAKE OUR EYES
AWAY FROM THEM,
THAT IS A SIGN OF GREATNESS,
THE EMMY FOR LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA GOES TO ‐‐ JODIE COMER, "KILLNG EVE,"
[ APPLAUSE ] >> FIRST EMMY WIN AND NOMINATION FOR JODIE COMER, JODIE IS 26
WITH 23 MAJOR AWARD NOMINATIONS, ONE AWARD NOMINATION PER 14 LUNAR CYCLING, BRAVA,
>> HELLO,
I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO GET UP FROM THIS SEAT TONIGHT,
PHOEBE, I LOVE YOU,
OH, MY GOD,
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M IN A CATEGORY ALONGSIDE THESE WOMEN, ONE OF WHOM IS MY CO‐STAR SANDRA
OH,
SANDRA, THIS HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE WHIRLWIND AND I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE SHARED THE WHOLE
EXPERIENCE WITH YOU,
I WANT TO THANK BBC AMERICA,
DAMON THOMAS, ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS,
HE'S DONE SIX EPISODES NOW, SOON TO BE EIGHT,
THAT GUY ENCOURAGES ME TO TAKE RISKS AND ABOVE ALL HAVE FUN,
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH,
MY LOVELY AGENT,
MY MUM AND DAD ARE IN LIVERPOOL, WHO I DIDN'T INVITE BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GOING TO
BE MY TIME,
ONE, I'M SORRY,
TWO, I LOVE YOU,
I'M GOING TO BRING IT HOME,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IS UP NEXT,
>>> MARISSA TOMEI AND NORMAN LEAR,
>> OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> I'M THRILLED TO BE STANDING HERE WITH THE OLDEST WINNER IN
EMMY HISTORY,
AND A LOT MORE THAN THAT,
>> AND I COULDN'T BE MORE HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE WITH MARISA TOMEI WHO GAVE US THIS
YEAR THE MOST IMAGINATIVE RENDITION OF EDITH BUNKER,
>> THE NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES,
"BARRY,"
"FLEABAG,"
"THE GOOD PLACE,"
"THE MARVELOUS MRS, MAISEL,"
"RUSSIAN DOLL,"
"SCHITT'S CREEK,"
"VEEP,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ >> "FLEABAG,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THIS IS JUST GETTING RIDICULOUS,
I WAS IN A ONE‐WOMAN SHOW AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL IN 2014,
THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE,
TWO BROTHERS, HARRY AND JACK WILLIAMS, I TOLD THEM TWO JOKES OVER A PINT AND THEY SAID, WE'LL
OPTION YOU,
THAT'S THE KIND OF MEETING YOU DREAM OF,
SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME,
LIVIA HAMPTON AND SARAH WHO PRODUCED SERIES ONE AND TWO, AND OBVIOUSLY HARRY,
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS ABOUT SEASON 2, OBVIOUSLY WRAPPED UP WITH SEASON 1 IN MY HEART BUT
SEASON 2 WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AND EXPLODED THE WAY IT DID IF IT WEREN'T FOR ANDREW SCOTT,
[ APPLAUSE ] WHO CAME INTO THIS, INTO OUR WORLD LIKE A WHIRLWIND AND GAVE
A PERFORMANCE OF SUCH DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY THAT IT ELEVATED THE WHOLE THING FOR ALL OF US,
I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO MY FAMILY, THEY'RE SO AMAZING,
AND MY SISTER WHO WROTE ALL THE MUSIC FOR THE SERIES, THANK YOU TO HER, AND TO MY AMAZING
AGENTS,
>> I FORGOT TO THANK MY WIFE WHEN I WAS UP HERE,
WE'VE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT HOUR,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, NINA,
>> PLEASE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE,
AND MY CHILD KAT WHO IS IN LONDON AND I LOVE YOU BOTH,
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT, LIVING WITH ME IS TERRIBLE,
THANK YOU,
>> ONE MORE PERSON WHO REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO US IS GARY WHO EDITED THE HELL OUT OF THE
SERIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HIM,
ANYONE ELSE?
I LOVE YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY AMAZING AGENTS,
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR VOTING FOR US, IT MEANS THE ABSOLUTE WORLD TO US,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OSCAR AND EMMY WINNER MICHAEL DOUGLAS,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE FINAL AWARD OF THE EVENING,
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES,
THIS YEAR THERE WERE EIGHT NOMINEES, EACH UNIQUE, EKE SO DIFFERENT FROM THE TELEVISION
THAT WE GREW UP WITH,
HERE THEY ARE,
>> "BETTER CALL SAUL,"
"BODYGUARD,"
"GAME OF THRONES,"
"KILLNG EVE,"
"OZARK,"
"POSE,"
"SUCCESSION,"
"THIS IS US,"
>> AND THE EMMY GOES TO ‐‐ "GAME OF THRONES,"
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ ♪♪
>> SO THIS ALL STARTED IN THE DEMENTED MIND OF GEORGE R, MARTIN,
GEORGE, WHERE ARE YOU, GEORGE?
WHEREVER YOU ARE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON TWO PRODUCERS WHO HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE,
>> I WANT TO THANK OUR AMAZING CAST, YOU GUYS MAKE EVERYTHING WE WRITE BETTER,
WE LOVE YOU AND WE LOVED EVERY MINUTE WE'VE SPENT WITH ALL OF YOU,
>> BERNIE CAULFIELD,
BERNIE,
[ APPLAUSE ] THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU,
THANK YOU,
THANK YOU DUNCAN, THANK YOU CHRIS NEWMAN, FRANK, CAROLYN STRAUSS FOR PROVIDING THE
EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM WE SORELY LACKED,
>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT HBO, RICHARD, HOLLY, MARA, NANCY, EVERYBODY FOR ALL OF YOUR FAITH
AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS,
THANK YOU FOR THE HARDEST WORKING CREWS IN SHOW BUSINESS, THE WOLVES WHO SHOT AROUND THE
WORLD, YOU ARE AMAZING, ALL OF YOU,
IT IS AMAZING THAT ALL OF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE,
>> THESE LAST TEN YEARS HAVE BEEN THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES,
FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKED WITH US ON IT, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE FINISHED IT,
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE DID IT, WE DID IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT'S OVER,
WE SHALL NEVER SEE THE LIKE AGAIN,
AMANDA PEET, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,
>> ANDREA, LEO, HUGO, I'M SORRY WE WERE GONE FOR SO LONG,
WE HOPE SOME DAY YOU ALL DECIDE IT WAS ALL WORTH IT,
>> THANK YOU GUYS,
[ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S BEEN A GREAT SHOW,
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY,
GOOD NIGHT,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]