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Emmys TV Review: Smoothly Executed Reunion-Rich Ceremony Lacks Spark With Few Surprises


The highlights and biggest disappointments from the 2024 Emmy Awards ceremony.

Along with anticipated victories for True Detective: Night Country’ s Jodie Foster, The Crown’ s Elizabeth Debicki and Hack ’s Jean Smart, Sunday’s nearly three-hour long nostalgia heavy 76 th Primetime Emmy Awards was punctuated by a crowd pleasing West Wing 25 th anniversary reunion. Thank God for those cutting to the core and honest acceptance speeches by Bay Reindeer’s Richard Gadd over the show’s many wins over the night Blessed be John Leguizamo for coming out at the two-hour mark to shatter the torpor with his razor sharp ripping of DEI critics and bigots. On this weekend celebrating Mexican Independence Day, the1998 Emmy winner, along with TV Academy Chair/CEO Cris Abrego, praised the power of inclusion, nominees Selena Gomez, Sofia Vergara, Issa Lopez, Kali Reis and Nava Mau, and the “progress” the industry is making to wide its scope on both sides of the camera.

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