Emmys

By: Kaitlyn Glickman '31

​On January 25th, 1949, the Emmys were born, growing from a small Awards ceremony strictly for Los Angeles TV programs held at an athletic club to one of the biggest award ceremonies in film culture, held at one of the biggest indoor stages in the US.

A few weeks ago, on September 5th, 6th, and 14th, the 78th Annual Emmys were held. September 5th and 6th were the Creative Arts Awards, and on the 14th were the televised primetime Emmys. Over the days, a total of 121 Awards were given out. Although there is no way to recap all 121 Awards, Let's talk about some of the amazing winners for this year!

September 5th

On day one of the creative Arts Emmys Around 50 Emmys were given out for Reality TV, talk shows, documentaries, and any other type of unscripted television you could think of. Some of the highlights of the night include, the Bad Bunny Apple music super Bowl LX halftime show. The halftime show won Outstanding (Live) Variety Special, along with several other awards for technical categories. Alan Cumming, host of the Reality competition The Traitors, One outstanding host for a Reality TV Program. Mariska Hargitay, director of the documentary My Mom Jayne, won 2 Emmy's for her film: One being Outstanding Documentary Special and two being Outstanding Directing for a documentary program. And lastly antiques Roadshow won its first ever award for outstanding structured reality program. These are just a few of the awards won that night. There were so many other awards won by people like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Sabrina Carpenter, Octavia Spencer, and many more!

September 6th

On day two of the Creative Arts Emmys, another 50 Emmys were given out for Technical categories, guest acting, and limited series. Some of the highlights from this night include Widow's Bay taking home eight wins for various technical categories and guest acting by Betty Gilpin. In addition to the other wins from all three nights, The Pitt won the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup award. Spider-Noir won the award for outstanding cinematography, and finally the late Rob Reiner won a posthumous Emmy for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series. After Rob’s win was announced, the audience rose to a standing ovation for one whole minute. Again, these are only a few of the awards won that night. There were so many other awards won by people like Ernest Hardin Jr., Steve Conrad, Shailene Woodley, David Harbour, Linda Carolini, and the list goes on.

September 14th

After an 8-day break, the Emmys returned for their final night on September 14th. Televised to the whole world and hosted by Marishka Hargitay, this ceremony brought the star power, Primarily focusing on categories like drama series, comedy series, and limited series or anthologies. Some of the highlights from this big night include Matthew Rhys becoming the first person In Emmy's history To win lead actor in two different categories (Comedy series for Widows Bay and Beast in me for a limited series). DTF St. Louis won the award for outstanding limited series, along with six other Awards for various categories. Widows Bay not only won Outstanding Comedy Series but also set the record for the number of Emmys won in one year by a comedy series, with a whopping 14 wins. Last but not least, arguably the biggest award of the show: The Pitt won the award for outstanding drama series!

Over the three nights, so many amazing people were awarded for their work. If you would like to go watch for yourself, you can find highlights reels of the Creative Arts Emmys streaming on Hulu, and the full Primetime Emmys streaming on Peacock.