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Can The Emmys Ever Fix Its Late-Night Problem?
Late-night television and the Emmys have a symbiotic, yet complicated relationship over the years.
In December 2022, the TV Academy made some other rule changes that impacted these types of shows; it moved The Problem with Jon Stewart out of the Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special category and into talk. Couldn’t Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, with its deeply researched explorations into American politics and global relations, admittedly with a bit of pop culture pizazz, fit into this category to compete with the likes of Conan O’Brien Must Go, Eva Longoria: Searching For Spain and Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr? You realize that not a lot of people do shows like these and it’s really silly not to take advantage of being able to talk to them and share your insights on what works and what doesn’t,” said Seth Meyers at his own FYC event at Herb Albert’s Vibrato Grill Jazz in LA.
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