LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kendrick Lamar and Barack Obama every gained their second profession Emmys on Sunday evening, whereas the fiftieth season of “Saturday Night Live” was the largest winner with 11 on the second evening of the Artistic Arts Emmy Awards.
Lamar and Tony Russell gained for the music course of his Tremendous Bowl halftime present. He gained his first Emmy in 2022 as a performer on the Tremendous Bowl halftime headlined by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Obama gained a star-studded documentary narrator class that additionally included Tom Hanks, Idris Elba and David Attenborough. He gained the identical award in 2022.
Neither Lamar nor Obama was on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles to just accept his Emmy. Neither had been anticipated to be, at a present that regardless of a number of high-profile winners together with Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and Alan Cumming is primarily dedicated to behind-the-scenes crew members per week earlier than TV’s stars take the identical stage for the larger Emmys ceremony.
Presenter Jordan Klepper laughed together with the group as he mentioned, “Apparently, Barack Obama couldn’t be here tonight” after asserting the winner.
“SNL 50: The Anniversary Special,” the top of a season-long celebration for the NBC sketch establishment, gained seven Emmys, together with awards for its directing, writing, hairstyling and modifying. A pop-up immersive expertise tied to the particular gained an Emmy for rising media and common episodes of the present gained three extra.
HBO’s “Pee-wee as Himself” gained 4 awards together with greatest documentary, posthumously giving its star and topic Paul Reubens, who died in 2023, his first Emmy.
O’Brien gained two Emmys for his journey collection, “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” taking his profession whole to 6. And whereas he did not get one personally for the present, Netflix’s “Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor” beat out soccer halftime exhibits from Lamar and Beyoncé to win greatest selection particular.
Beyoncé did win a beforehand introduced particular Emmy for the costumes on her Christmas Day “Beyoncé Bowl” on Netflix.
Kimmel, who has hosted each the Oscars and the Emmys a number of instances, was right here to just accept his fourth Emmy, for greatest host of a recreation present for his work on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
He thanked the present’s late authentic host Regis Philbin for making “Millionaire” a cultural phenomenon.
“Regis was the best at this,” Kimmel mentioned backstage. “It is exciting to have this and to know that he has this same Emmy in his family’s collection somewhere.”
“Jeopardy” gained greatest recreation present, whereas Cumming gained greatest host of a actuality present for “The Traitors.”
The 2-night Artistic Arts Emmys arms out practically 100 awards in hyper-specific classes that may convey oddities. Just like the Grammys and Oscars successful Emmys, as every did Sunday.
The CBS Grammys telecast gained for its choreography, whereas ABC’s Oscars telecast — additionally hosted by O’Brien — gained for its manufacturing design.
The Company for Public Broadcasting was honored with the Tv Academy’s Governors Award even because it winds down its practically 60-year work after the U.S. authorities withdrew funding from the establishment that has helped pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 native radio and TV stations
The award goes to an individual or entity “made a profound, transformational and long-lasting contribution to the arts and/or science of television.”
“Even an act of Congress can not erase an indelible legacy,” Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS, mentioned through the presentation.
“Queer Eye” gained greatest structured actuality present, whereas “Love on the Spectrum” gained greatest unstructured actuality present.
The Artistic Arts present runs rapidly and effectively — 47 awards are handed out on Sunday aloe in about 2 1/2 hours — however the environment is free. Swearing is allowed due to the dearth of TV, as Kimmel confirmed when he advised nominee Will Ferrell to close up throughout his speech.
“This is the Emmys for the people that the people who run the Emmys don’t think should be seen on network TV,” presenter Sarah Silverman mentioned when she opened the present as a presenter.
The 2 nights are edited down into one present that can air on TV on FXX on Saturday. The next day, the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Nate Bargatze, will air stay on CBS.
Whereas Sunday honored selection, documentary and actuality TV, scripted collection had the stage on Saturday.
“The Studio” gained 9 early Emmys together with greatest visitor actor in a comedy for Bryan Cranston, making it the front-runner to finish up with the largest whole after subsequent Sunday’s foremost present.
“Severance” was tops amongst dramas with six awards, together with greatest visitor actress in a drama for Merritt Wever.
“The Penguin” pulled in eight within the restricted collection classes, and Julie Andrews gained her third Emmy at age 89 for her voice-over work on “Bridgerton,”
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