Emmys live updates: ‘The Bear,’ ‘Succession’ and ‘Beef’ win big

A live 18-piece band is in full swing playing throbbing disco to greet celebratory Emmy winners at the Governors Gala, AP’s Beth Harris reports.

The walls of the Los Angeles Convention Center resemble a dark and starry sky against gold chainmail hanging from the ceiling and a giant Emmy statuette in the middle.

The darkened room is perfect for those who didn’t win to nurse their feelings with flowing drinks and fare from celebrity chefs like Jet Tila, Sherry Yard and Rachel Haggstrom.

The primping isn’t over yet either. A hairstyling bar is located in one corner for curling and styling any dos that may be dragging.

We have you covered, with highlights from the prime-time show.

To revisit the highlights from the Creative Arts Emmys, see this earlier post.

From Sarah Snook in red Vivienne Westwood to Dominique Fishback’s pale blue halter ballgown with a wide train, looks at the 2024 were far-ranging and eclectic. Metallics and floral patterns abounded. AP’s Leanne Italie broke broke the looks of the night down.

The “Succession” props auction wrapped just before the show dominated the Emmys. Ending Saturday, the online auction raked in more than $625,000.

Some of the lots:

• Roman Roy’s notecards from his father’s eulogy: $25,000 (Kieran Culkin didn’t appear to have pink notecards when delivering his acceptance speech tonight.)
• A ludicrously capacious Burberry tote: $18,750
• A duplicate of a scorpion paperweight, every spouse’s dream present: $10,000
• A faux New York magazine cover featuring the Roys: $10,000
• A group of prop sausages: $5,250

AP’s Jocelyn Noveck spoke to the show’s prop master, Monica Jacobs, to learn the story behind some of the show’s most iconic objects.

The winners of the night’s final award took the stage at 7:57 p.m. Pacific, bucking the classic stereotype of the overlong awards show. The credits, which rolled under a clip from Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have A Dream” speech, wrapped up before the hour was up.

For the punctuality, perhaps we haveto thank host Anthony Anderson’s mom, Doris Hancox Bowman, who kept winners on a strict time limit.

“Hello, you room full of hotties,” four-time Emmy winner Peter Dinklage said, before presenting the marquee category for outstanding drama series to “Succession.”

“This wasn’t necessarily an easy show to commission at the beginning,” creator Jesse Armstrong said. The cast of the Roy family — with the exception of “eldest boy” Jeremy Strong, fittingly enough — converged on the stage to accept the final award of the night.

“This is a show about family,” Armstrong, the show’s creator, said.

But, he added, it’s also a show about how “partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive, right-wing politics.”

Channeling the show’s dry sense of humor, Armstrong finished with: “After four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that’s a problem we have now fixed.”

Tracee Ellis Ross, Natasha Lyonne and Anthony Anderson teamed up for a black-and-white “I Love Lucy” parody – a play on the famous chocolate factory-conveyor belt episode — and attempted to introduce the comedy series category with mouths full of candy.

When it came time to announce the winner, they returned to color — and cheered “The Bear!” in unison.

“I just want to thank restaurants as a whole, hospitality as a whole,” “The Bear” actor Matty Matheson started his speech.

He was interrupted by a big sloppy kiss from co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who won for best supporting actor in a comedy series earlier in the show.

“I just love restaurants so much. The good, the bad. It’s rough. We’re all broken inside. And every single day we’ve got to show up and cook and make people feel good by eating something and sitting at a table. And it’s really beautiful. And all of us here get to make a show together and we get to make people feel good or filled with anxiety or triggered, it seems. But this is really amazing,” Matheson continued. “Restaurants forever!”

The famous chocolate-conveyor belt moment in “I Love Lucy” was reproduced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Natasha Lyonne — two actors stuffing fast-moving bonbons in their mouths for perhaps a little too long.

Ross and Lyonne could barely announce the best comedy series.
Anthony Anderson — Ross’ former “black-ish” husband — interrupted to get the show back on track.

Jodie Foster presented Sarah Snook from “Succession” with the award for lead actress in a drama series.

She saved her “biggest thank you” for her daughter, who was born last year.

“I carried her with me in this last season and really it was her who carried me,” she said. “It’s very easy to act when you’re pregnant because. You’ve got hormones raging. And it was, it was more the proximity of her life growing inside me gave me the strength to do this and this performance. And I love you so much and it’s all for you from here on out.”

Kieran Culkin kissed Brian Cox, his on-screen father on “Succession,” before making it the stage to give a candid speech.

“I wasted all my time hugging everybody, I love you all so much,” he said.

For 29 years, he’s had the same representation: “Sorry, Emily (Gerson Saines]), you probably didn’t want me to say the number but I did. I just have to thank you for keeping my name in the conversation when no one was talking about me.”

He then joked to his wife in the audience that he does want to have more children, in reference to a red-carpet interview last week at the Globes.

“And of course, my beautiful wife, Jazz, thank you for sharing your life with me and for giving me two amazing kids, (Kinsey Sioux) and Wilder Wolf, I love you so many and so much. And Jazz, I want more. You said! You said ‘Maybe’ if I win,” he said as the camera cut to his laughing wife in the audience.

The cast of “Ally McBeal” had a surreal runion dancing in a bathroom.
Calista Flockhart — joined Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol, Gil Bellows — called her old show “groundbreaking” and “revolutionary,” and reminding viewers that it introduced the world to a dancing baby and unisex bathrooms.

“Ally McBeal,” created by David E. Kelley and airing between 1997 and 2022, featured wild fantasy sequences as the heroine navigated life, love and some truly strange legal cases.

Flockhart was then on deck to present lead actor in a drama.

The Emmys producers had an unenviable task: recapping more than a year of celebrity deaths, stretching back to the last Emmys in September 2022.

“Listen, that is one of the hardest parts of this show,” producer Jesse Collins told AP’s Liam McEwan at the press preview. “We try to include as many people as we possibly could given the time allotted. We hope that everybody that is in the In Memoriam feels like it was done with love, and care, and respect. And that’s the best that we can do with it.”

The two surviving major cast members of “All in the Family” — Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers — introduced the In Memoriam section, led by the producer-writer Norman Lear, who Reiner said stirred the pot that changed American culture.

Charlie Puth and The War and Treaty started with “See You Again,” before transitioning into a slow cover of the hearbreakingly fitting “I’ll Be There For You,” the theme song from “Friends,” as the names and faces of luminaries flashed onscreen. Ranging from Leslie Jordan and Paul Reubens to Barbara Walters and Harry Belafonte to Andre Braugher and Kirstie Alley, the procession ended with Matthew Perry.

GLAAD, the nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy organization, was awarded the Emmy’s Governors Award. As Colman Domingo pointed out in his introduction alongside “Ted Lasso” actor Hannah Waddingham, “over the past four decades, GLAAD has consulted on nearly every TV series and TV movie with an LGBTQ character taking the lead and making sure the realities we face off screen are reflected on screen.”

Current GLAAD CEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis accepted the trophy on behalf of her organization.

“Our community has achieved so much, and yet we are still being victimized and villainized with cruel and harmful lies,” she said. “Sharing stories is the antidote. And now is the time to take action to support everyone in the LGBTQ community. Because this story, this story is still being told and we all we all can be the heroes.”

Dame Joan Collins received a standing ovation when she walked onto the Emmys stage with Taraji P. Henson. The pair talked fashion from “Dynasty” to “Empire,” before introducing the nominees for outstanding limited or anthology series.

It went to “Beef” — far from a shocker in an evening where the limited series dominated.

“A lot of the suicidal ideation in this show was based on stuff that I and some of the folks up here have struggled with over the years,” Lee Sung Jin began his acceptance speech, gesturing to his team around him. “And so I’m really grateful and humbled by everyone who watched the show and reached out about their own personal struggles. It’s very life-affirming. So thank you.”

Those looking to connect with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the United States (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) can call or text 988 or chat at 988Lifeline.org.

“Everything I do is for my three dogs,” Jin concluded. “So the Federal Drug Administration, if you could please fast track that canine anti-aging pill, that would be so lovely.”

“Beef” won yet another award, with Ali Wong’s performance of a woman at a crossroads in her life, whose rivalry with a stranger escalates from a road rage incident to full-blown chaos.

“I wouldn’t be standing here without my parents,” she said onstage, after giving boyfriend Bill Hader a kiss. “My mother and my father, who I so wish was alive to share this moment with me, my hilarious father who loved me unconditionally and taught me the value of failure.”

Wong is the first Asian American to win in the category.

Elton John wasn’t at the Emmys, but the Rocket Man has now reached the iconic EGOT status with the variety special win for “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.”

“The journey to this moment has been filled with passion, dedication, and the unwavering support of my fans all around the world,” he said in a statement. “Tonight is a testament to the power of the arts and the joy that it brings to all our lives.”

He has two Oscars for original song, five Grammys and one Tony for the score of “Aida.”

Quinta Brunson said backstage that she’s still processing her historic Emmy victory while in front of her childhood television idols. The actor called this year’s ceremony an emotional one, AP’s Jonathan Landrum reports.

“It’s all too much,” she said. “I’ve been overwhelmed since on the carpet when I saw Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold from ‘Martin.’ I was already emotional from just that. Then I was emotional when I saw Ayo win. Seeing Carol (Burnett), Christina (Applegate) and Marla (Gibbs). It was just all too much.”

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A staffer working the Emmys event approached Jeremy Allen White as the “The Bear” star was scrolling through congratulatory texts on his phone while waiting to speak in the press room.

“I’m a cook myself so this means a lot to me,” he told White before grabbing a selfie with the star, AP’s Ryan Pearson reports.

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Niecy Nash-Betts followed her powerful onstage victory speech about Black women being unheard with another one backstage. The actor drew a round of applause after delivering a heartfelt message about believing in herself while facing obstacles.

“I’m the only one who knows what it cost me,” Nash-Betts said. “I’m the only one who knows how many nights I cried because I couldn’t be seen for a certain type of role. I’m the one who knows what it’s like to go through divorce on camera and still have to pull up and show out. You have children and a whole life. I’m proud of myself. I’m proud that I did something that people said I couldn’t do. I believed in me. Sometimes people don’t believe in themselves. I hope my speech was a delicious invitation for people to do just that. Believe in yourself. Congratulate yourself. Sometimes you have to encourage, what? Yourself. That’s why it’s not called momma-esteem, them-esteem, us-esteem. It’s called self-esteem. Nobody got to believe it, but you.”

Nash-Betts said her role in “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” for overcoming being typecast for much of her career, Landrum reports.

“I was known in this town for a longtime as a comedic actress. I wanted to really prove to my peers and my industry that I’m not a one-trick pony,” she said. “I got some other tricks up my beautiful sleeves. I think tonight solidified that. I feel fully seen as an artist tonight. I’m very grateful.”

Steven Yeun won the Emmy for lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for his role as Danny Cho in “Beef.”

“Thank you for this immense honor and blessing,” he started his speech.

“I want to thank Andrew Cooper for talking to me one night, our incredible on-set photographer — a legend. There were days when it was difficult to live in Danny’s skin. Sometimes I wanted to judge him, Sometimes I wanted to make fun of him. And he pulled me aside and he’s like, ‘Never bail on Danny.’ And thanks,” Yeun said. “I want to say thank you to Danny, for teaching me that judgment and shame is a lonely place. But compassion and grace is where we can all meet.”

Last week’s Golden Globes prompted a round of nostalgia for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s hosting stints.

The pair reunited at the “Saturday Night Live” desk to present the award for variety special.

They rattled off the nominees in classic “Weekend Update” form. A selection of quips:

• “The only show that’s longer then when they aired ‘Titanic’ with commercials on TBS, the Oscars.”
• “The concert so good it got us all pregnant: the Apple Music Super Bowl 57 halftime show starring Rihanna.”
• Of the Tonys: “Celebrating the best in musicals that were based on movies, which will probably be movies again —" (“There’s nothing wrong with that!” “Mean Girls” writer Fey broke in.)

The award ultimately went to “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.”

Jesse Armstrong is highly decorated for creating “Succession,” and this year’s award season, the last for his beloved show, is no exception.

In accepting his sixth Emmy, Armstrong underscored how the show examines American life and politics.

“We’ve always been met with generosity and good faith,” he said. “And that part of “America’s tradition of being very welcoming to outsiders. And it’s very nice. And for some reason, the name of Australia-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch comes to mind.”

The show takes an unflinching look at the power-hungry Roys, a family modeled in part after the Murdochs and their media empire.

In back-to-back wins, the show’s third of the night, Mark Mylod was awarded best director for the chaotic, masterful episode of Connor Roy’s wedding during the death of Logan Roy, the all-powerful and much-feared patriarch.

Tom Hiddleston and Ke Huy Quan of “Loki” fame handed the award for writing for a limited anthology series or movie to Lee Sung Jin for “Beef.”

They weren’t the first pair to do so. Brett Goldstein and Juno Temple of “Ted Lasso” handed him a directing award just a bit earlier.

“You know, when I first moved to L.A., my bank account went to the negative by $0.63. So I had to deposit a dollar bill into my account to avoid the overdraft fee and ATM screen said, ‘Are you sure you want to deposit $1?’” he said when accepting the first award. “And I was like, no, I wasn’t sure of anything back then. I certainly wasn’t sure of holding something like this.”

It makes the case for road rage – you never know what it will inspire.

The cast of “Grey’s Anatomy,” the longest running primetime medical drama in TV history, introduced the supporting actors in a limited or anthology series or movie category.

Paul Walter Hauser took it home, his first Emmy nomination and win, for his role of serial killer Larry Hall on Apple+’s “Black Bird.”

“My wife loves your show,” he greeted the “Grey’s Anatomy” cast before thanking his team, his other nominees and loved ones in a rhymed spoken-word half-rap.

A taste: “Your acting is colossal. And to the Rolex Ray Liotta, we’re down here wearing Fossil.”

The cast of “Grey’s Anatomy” took a victory lap at the Emmys, pointing out that the show is starting its 20th season, a record for a medical drama.

Among those on hand to celebrate the Shonda Rhimes show were Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr. and Chandra Wilson, who thanked the fans: “The one thing that has remained a constant is the incredible fanbase. You stayed with us through plane crashes, superstorms earthquakes and a global pandemic.”

Heigl’s return to the Grey Sloan Memorial — or a facsimile of it — was particularly noteworthy given that she left the hit show back in Season 6 and never returned. She wryly alluded to “some changes over the years” in her intro. Chambers has also left, and Pompeo is no longer in the main cast.

“Oh wow, I told you we would beat John Oliver if he wasn’t in our category,” Trevor Noah joked in accepting the award for outstanding talk series. “We got rid of John Oliver.”

After seven years hosting the show, Noah left in December 2022.

“Honestly, the person I always thank, because he’s a crazy genius for thinking of it, is Jon Stewart,” Noah said of his predecessor.

“Reality is the most noble of all callings,” “Community” actor Ken Jeong joked with his colleague Joel McHale. Little did he know how prescient that would be: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” won the award, making RuPaul — who also holds the record for most Emmys wins for a person of color — the most awarded host in Emmys history.

“We have released into the wild hundreds of drag queens and they’re beautiful,” RuPaul said. “If a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her. Because knowledge is power. And if someone tries to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you. So listen to a drag queen.”

“Cheers” got a cheers at the Emmys, with a reunion of stars Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, who was greeted by his signature “Norm!” scream.

The show — on the air from 1982 to 1993 — won 28 Emmys and introduced what Anderson called the “most iconic bar in television history.” It may have been a working bar at that: Danson seemed to be popping bar nuts from behind the bar as Grammer announced a winner.

The cast presented awards for directing and writing for a comedy series, both of which went to Christopher Storer of “The Bear,” who wasn’t there. (Wendt’s nephew, Jason Sudeikis, was another nominee.)

Before the show, Grammer told the AP that — unlike his new “Frasier” rebookt — a “Cheers” remake isn’t in the cards: “That bar is closed,” he laughed.

Five-time Emmy nominee Marla Gibbs and “Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson gave out the award for supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie to Niecy Nash-Betts for her role as Glenda Cleveland in “Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”

“I’m a winner, baby!” Nash-Betts cheered in her acceptance speech. “And you know who I wanna thank? Me, for believing in me and doing what they said I could not do. I want to say to myself, in front of all you beautiful people — go girl, with your bad self. You did that.”

“Finally, I accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has gone unheard yet overpoliced, like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor. As an artist, my job is to speak truth to power and baby, I’m gonna do it until the day I die. Mama, I won!”

Nash-Betts earned a standing ovation for the rousing speech.

The commercial breaks set in motion audience members heading for the lobby to get drinks or take a bathroom break.

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons held hands as they left the seats while James Marsden walked out alone during the last one, AP’s Beth Harris observed.

Anyone who doesn’t get back before the break ends is stuck outside waiting.

No, the Reds don’t get an Emmy, but John Oliver did get through some of the roster in an attempt to entice Anthony Anderson’s mom to cut him off.

He eventually succeeded, walking off stage with the award for scripted variety series.

“Ted Lasso”? More like “Dead Lasso” — the awards darling has been little match for the attack of “The Bear” (again, Season 1).

Star Jeremy Allen White won the award for lead actor in a comedy series after co-stars Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach took the prize in their categories.

“I’m so proud, I’m so full of gratitude to be standing in front of you all,” White said before thanking his father, his plus-one tonight.

Some lingering frustration about past Emmy snubs dominated the cast reunion for the 1990s Fox sitcom “Martin.”

“We should have won an Emmy during our run,” Tisha Campbell said, one of four castmembers led by Martin Lawrence. Not only did the show not win an Emmy but it was never nominated.

Host Anderson probably could connect: He was nominated every year since his ABC sitcom “black-ish” completed its first season in 2015, but never won despite scoring an impressive seven best comedy actor nominations in a row.

Supporting actor in a comedy series went to “The Bear” talent Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who used his abridged acceptance speech window to thank the show’s Chicago-based crew.

“We have the best crew,” he said, before quickly naming a long list of people and concluding with “Alright, see you guys.”

There’s his actual wife, British actor Keeley Hawes, who won a kiss in the audience.

Then Matthew MacFadyen, accepting the supporting actor in a drama Emmy for “Succession,” thanked his on-screen wife, Sarah Snook — and then “my other on-screen wife, Nicholas Braun.”

Braun plays Cousin Greg, often subject to the whims of MacFadyen’s Tom Wambsgans.

Their category hasn’t come up yet, but presenter Pedro Pascal got a revenge of sorts on Kieran Culkin, who said “Suck it, Pedro. Mine!” from the stage last week after winning at the Golden Globes.

Tonight, Pascal said many had been wondering about his sling (it’s his shoulder, he clarified, not his arm).

“Kieran Culkin beat the s--- out of me,” he quipped, earning him a bleep. The camera then panned to Culkin, who flashed his signature, deviant smile.

Lorraine Bracco, who portrayed Dr. Melfi “The Sopranos” — and Michael Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti on the series — presented the Emmy for supporting actress in a drama series. It went to Imperioli’s “White Lotus” co-star Jennifer Coolidge for her role on “White Lotus.”

“Wow, thank you. You know, I just want to say — I have to put this down. I still don’t have the strength,” she said as she put down her trophy to start her speech.

She thanked show created Mike White with a light spoiler: “He says I’m definitely dead so I’m going along with it.”

“I want to thank all the evil gays, really, really,” she added.

At that, several cast members of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” leapt to their feet and waved at her from the audience.

Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli from “The Sopranos” celebrated the 25th anniversary of its premiere with a moment in a therapist’s office.

The two hailed series creator David Chase and actor James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano and died in 2013. Anderson said the moment Tony Soprano walked into a therapist’s office was when “television history was about to be made.” A framed portrait of Gandolfini rested on a table in front of the pair.

Quinta Brunson became the second Black winner of best actress in a comedy — and the first in more than 40 years — with her win for “Abbott Elementary.”

“I dont know why I’m so emotional,” Brunson said through tears. “I think it’s the Carol Burnett of it all.”

The audience roared with laughter when she began listing people in her family, a trope of the awkward acceptance speech form.

“I’m just so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy,” she said.

Isabel Sanford of “The Jeffersons” was the first Black woman to win the category, in 1981.

A week after winning the Golden Globe for leading actress in a comedy for Season 2 of “The Bear,” Ayo Edebiri won an Emmy for best supporting actress for Season 1 of the show.

“I have 43 seconds, OK,” Edebiri started her speech, dedicating it to her parents. “Thank you so much for loving me and letting me feel beautiful and Black and proud of all of that. ... Probably not, like, a dream to immigrate to this country and have your child be like, ‘I want to do improv.’”

Read more about Edebiri in her 2023 AP Breakthrough Entertainer profile.

Christina Applegate is the first presenter of the night, welcomed by a standing ovation.

Applegate has been public about her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and joked that the audience was “totally shaming with disability by standing up.

“It’s fine. OK. Body not by Ozempic,” she quipped.

The Emmys Award took a nostalgia-driven return on Monday with host Anthony Anderson hanging up his coat like “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” sitting at a piano and singing with a choir the themes for TV classics, like “Good Times” and “The Facts of Life.”

Travis Barker helped drum Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” and Anderson asked winners to keep their speeches “tight.” He threatened to have his mother cut off lengthy speeches.

“Times up, baby,” she told him. “Cut to the chase.”

He’s helping out with host Anthony Anderson’s sprightly seven-minute monologue, guesting on drums for a cover of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” The Blink-182 drummer walked the carpet with wife Kourtney Kardashian beforehand.

The Emmys kicked off at 8 p.m. Eastern — the exact same time the Iowa caucuses began. It’s safe to say telecast viewership in the Hawkeye State won’t be very high tonight. If you can’t get enough of AP’s live blog coverage, follow along with our colleagues covering the Republican caucuses.

It’s almost showtime. If you’re in the U.S., the Emmys telecast is on Fox this year. It begins at 8 p.m. Eastern. The channel is available via antenna, cable and satellite providers. If you want to stream it, you can watch it with a subscription to a live streaming service that includes Fox, like Hulu + Live TV or YouTube TV. Otherwise, catch it the next day on Hulu.

If you’re not in the U.S., the Emmys website has a list of international broadcasters carrying the show.

Anthony Anderson isn’t stressed. Despite being tasked with hosting the Emmys scarcely a week after Jo Koy’s panned performance at the Golden Globes, the heat isn’t getting to the former “black-ish” star.

“All the pressure is off of me now. I don’t have to sit there and wonder, am I going to win? Am I going to get it? What time are they going to get to this category?” he told AP’s Liam McEwan at Friday’s Emmys preview. “You know, I just get to come up here and be myself and have fun and poke fun at Jason Sudeikis, who I believe stole the award from me for several years. I’m 0 for 11, Jason. I’m 0 for 11. Hmm.”

Anderson has certainly had more than 10 days to prepare, unlike Koy, having been announced as the host mid-December. He’s also an experienced emcee – while this is his first Emmys hosting gig, he’s done the honors at the NAACP Image Awards eight times.

The Emmys producers credited Anderson with bringing “some amazing ideas to the table” – along with an impressive Rolodex that helped attract presenters.

Anderson laid out his gameplan for tonight, with some advice for the audience: “So just be authentically me and have fun, while being respectful to those in the audience and those at home watching. But, you know, get to poke a little fun at somebody and you know, sometimes an audience like this in a room like this can be uptight. You know, let’s just loosen our bow ties a little bit and just be here to celebrate one another and laugh at ourselves.”

Just before the show, his mother, Doris Hancox, was delivering show rules via video from the stage. Hancox told the audience of the two ways to reach the stage if they win, AP’s Beth Harris reports. She also warned winners they have 45 seconds to talk and anyone who goes over “will have to deal with me.”

Statements on the Israel-Hamas war have been few during this awards season, but Khalid Abdalla is bucking that trend.

“The Crown” actor, who is British of Egyptian descent, has continued to draw attention to the war and call for a cease-fire. At the Emmys, last week’s Golden Globes and other award shows, Abdalla has called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and for the release of hostages, while wearing a dove pin and white armband to symbolize peace.

These Emmys are pulling off a trifecta of unusualness: on a Monday, in January, during a federal holiday. But the creative minds behind the show are making the most of it, and told AP’s Liam McEwan to expect tributes to Martin Luther King Jr.

“We’ll definitely acknowledge it. You know, we’re all honored to do something on a day that honors such an important man,” producer Dionne Harmon told the AP on Friday, during a preview event.

Host Anthony Anderson also noted a fitting synergy between the holiday and the 75th Emmys.

“Because of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we all have made strides – and not only in the African American community, but the community as a whole as people, as a culture. But to have the Emmys on that day, to have it produced by an all-African American production team and Jesse Collins and Dionne and Jeannae (Rouzan-Clay), and what they’ve been able to do. We will be making history in front of, and behind the camera on a very special day.”

Arconiacs, rejoice! The main trio from “Only Murders in the Building” is in the house.