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‘SNL’ & ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Face Unusual Emmy Battle


Two of the most celebrated shows in Emmy history are set to experience a weird awards season. Saturday Night Live, which has won more Emmys than any other show in television history, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which has won in its category eight years in a row, could both face the indignity […]

This is in contrast with last year’s 12 submissions, which included a number of shows that have subsequently been canceled including HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, which was nominated, and Random Acts of Flyness, Paramount+’s Inside Amy Schumer and Crank Yankers, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News and Showtime’s Ziwe. Given The Daily Show’s recent win under Trevor Noah and Jon Stewart’s return, the Comedy Central series is expected to be in with a healthy shout, while Jimmy Kimmel Live! Then there’s also the introduction of John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A, a wildly chaotic show that was well received, and Hot Ones, which drew attention recently for the appearance of late-night legend Conan O’Brien.

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