The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards for television, one of the biggest events on the showbiz calendar, were presented Sunday. The Emmys are the first big award show to take place in the pandemic-era.
The awards ceremony, usually take place in Los Angeles amid the attendee of A-list stars, was held virtually for the first time.
It was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time and aired on ABC, which was held under strict lockdown in an empty theater at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with no red carpet, no star-studded audience.
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This year's digital Primetime Emmys featured many highlights such as "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston "saving the Emmys" and presenting another Friends reunion.
Aniston, nominated in the lead actress drama category for "The Morning Show", was a presence throughout the Emmys telecast, from a fiery presenting bit with Kimmel early in the show to a mini-"Friends" reunion on webcam with co-stars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow.
The 51-year-old actress earned career-best reviews and a Screen Actors Guild award for her role as "Alex Levy",
a news anchor on Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show," however, the award went to Zendaya, in an extremely well-deserved win for HBO's "Euphoria."
It started when Aniston joined Kimmel onstage to present the award for lead actress in a comedy series; before announcing that Catherine O'Hara took home the trophy for her performance in "Schitt's Creek", the duo jokingly took extra precaution to sanitize the winner's name, setting it on fire after dousing it in Lysol spray.
The 51-year-old actress, armed with a fire extinguisher, proceeded to try and extinguish the small blaze so the duo could read the results, which took several tries to put down the fire.
He posted a video with the actress and wrote: "Jennifer Aniston puts out a fire and saves the Emmys." Check it out:
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The Emmys provided the perfect opportunity for Aniston to give another Friends reunion that the audience craves.
The actress turned the annual awards ceremony into her very own Friends get together, as she was seen hanging out at her home with Cox and Kudrow. Aniston helped Kimmel to host the opening of the ceremony before rushing home ahead of her category being announced.
Aniston shared earlier that day a glimpse of her prep session for the big award ceremony on Instagram. She posted a picture in her pajamas and the "other" kind of mask. She captioned her post: "Emmys prep... In my other mask."
She congratulated her fellow nominees and added, "Congratulations to the nominees and all of the amazing performances we've seen this year."
This year's digital Primetime Emmys also saw Zendaya, and Watchmen, make history as well as Succession, and Schitt's Creek win big.
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Zendaya made history with a surprise win for best drama actress, becoming the youngest ever winner in that category.
The 24-year-old won her first Emmy at the 2020 Emmys for her portrayal of drug addict Rue in HBO's dark high school drama "Euphoria", which didn't have many other nominations.
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Canadian comedy series "The Schitt's Creek" dominated the early part of the ceremony, winning six categories, which were the best comedy actor (Eugene Levy), actress (Catherine O'Hara), supporting actor (Daniel Levy), and supporting actress (Annie Murphy).
Furthermore, HBO topped the evening with 30 awards in total, most notably best drama series for "Succession" and "Watchmen" for best limited series.
"Watchmen" took home 11 awards out of 26 nominations while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II scooped his first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, for his role in the series, which he dedicated to “all the black women in my life”.
The series creator, Damon Lindelof, accepted the best limited series win with a “Remember Tulsa ’21” shirt and dedicated the award to victims of the burning of Black Wall Street in Tulsa in 1921, which is the series is based on.
On the other hand, "Succession", racked up the drama awards, winning best writing, directing, best actor for Jeremy Strong, and best series.
Other winners from the evening included Mark Ruffalo receiving Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing identical twins grappling with mental illness in HBO’s "I Know This Much Is True".
Ruffalo’s win is his second, resulting from his third career nomination. The actor received his first Emmy in 2014, as a co-executive producer on Ryan Murphy’s HBO film "The Normal Heart".
See below for a list of nominees and winners.
Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie
Jeremy Irons "Watchmen"
Hugh Jackman "Bad Education"
Paul Mescal "Normal People"
Jeremy Pope "Hollywood"
Mark Ruffalo "I Know This Much Is True" – WINNER
Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie
Cate Blanchett "Mrs. America"
Shira Haas "Unorthodox"
Regina King "Watchmen" – WINNER
Octavia Spencer "Self Made"
Kerry Washington "Little Fires Everywhere"
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Dylan McDermott "Hollywood"
Jim Parsons "Hollywood"
Tituss Burgess "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend"
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II "Watchmen" – WINNER
Jovan Adepo "Watchmen"
Louis Gossett Jr. "Watchmen"
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Holland Taylor "Hollywood"
Uzo Aduba "Mrs. America" – WINNER
Margo Martindale "Mrs. America"
Tracey Ullman "Mrs. America"
Toni Collette "Unbelievable"
Jean Smart "Watchmen"
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series
Anthony Anderson "Black-ish"
Don Cheadle "Black Monday"
Ted Danson "The Good Place"
Michael Douglas "The Kominsky Method"
Eugene Levy "Schitt's Creek" – WINNER
Ramy Youssef "Ramy"
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series
Christina Applegate "Dead to Me"
Rachel Brosnahan "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Linda Cardellini "Dead to Me"
Catherine O'Hara "Schitt's Creek" – WINNER
Issa Rae "Insecure"
Tracee Ellis Ross "Black-ish"
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
William Jackson Harper "The Good Place"
Alan Arkin "The Kominsky Method"
Sterling K. Brown "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Tony Shalhoub "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Mahershala Ali "Ramy"
Kenan Thompson "Saturday Night Live"
Dan Levy "Schitt's Creek" – WINNER
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Betty Gilpin "GLOW"
D'Arcy Carden "The Good Place"
Yvonne Orji "Insecure"
Alex Borstein "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Marin Hinkle "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Kate McKinnon "Saturday Night Live"
Cecily Strong "Saturday Night Live"
Annie Murphy "Schitt's Creek" – WINNER
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Jason Bateman "Ozark"
Sterling K. Brown "This Is Us"
Steve Carell "The Morning Show"
Brian Cox "Succession"
Billy Porter "Pose"
Jeremy Strong "Succession" – WINNER
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series
Jennifer Aniston "The Morning Show"
Olivia Colman "The Crown"
Jodie Comer "Killing Eve"
Laura Linney "Ozark"
Sandra Oh "Killing Eve"
Zendaya "Euphoria" – WINNER
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito "Better Call Saul"
Bradley Whitford "The Handmaid's Tale"
Billy Crudup "The Morning Show" – WINNER
Mark Duplass "The Morning Show"
Nicholas Braun "Succession"
Kieran Culkin "Succession"
Matthew Macfadyen "Succession"
Jeffrey Wright "Westworld"
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Laura Dern "Big Little Lies"
Meryl Streep "Big Little Lies"
Helena Bonham Carter "The Crown"
Samira Wiley "The Handmaid's Tale"
Fiona Shaw "Killing Eve"
Julia Garner "Ozark" – WINNER
Sarah Snook "Succession"
Thandie Newton "Westworld"
Outstanding reality/competition series
"The Masked Singer"
"Nailed It"
"RuPaul's Drag Race" – WINNER
"Top Chef"
"The Voice"
Outstanding variety talk series
"Daily Show with Trevor Noah"
"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" – WINNER
"Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
Outstanding limited series
"Little Fires Everywhere"
"Mrs. America"
"Unbelievable"
"Unorthodox"
"Watchmen" –WINNER
Outstanding comedy series
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Dead to Me"
"The Good Place"
"Insecure"
"The Kominsky Method"
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
"Schitt's Creek" – WINNER
"What We Do in the Shadows"
Outstanding drama series
"Better Call Saul"
"The Crown"
"The Handmaid's Tale"
"Killing Eve"
"The Mandalorian"
"Ozark"
"Stranger Things"
"Succession" – WINNER
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