You’re in the right place for the latest highlights, cheers, and jeers for the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. MXDWN’s live blog will provide coverage starting at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. on FOX. With Blackish star, Anthony Anderson, serving as host, TV fans will finally see who will reign triumphant for the 2022-23 TV season.
Will the final season of Succession fare better than the Roy siblings, or will its network partners, The Last Of Us or The White Lotus, steal the limelight? And for comedy, it’s been a clean sweep of Hulu/FX’s The Bear for Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and the rest of the chefs. Will they ace this perfect dish, or could it be spoiled by hitman-turned-actor Barry? Stay tuned in less than thirty minutes to find out.
[5:00 p.m.]
Here we go. The Emmys open with Anderson coming out to “Emmys’ Neighborhood” in homage to Mister Rogers. Anderson is prepping for a musical number, with a diverse choir from Compton. With a shoutout to Compton native, Kevin Costner. He opens by singing TV themes, first Good Times.
Now he moves on to detailing how TV gave him his first crush, The Facts of Life’s Tootie, Kim Fields. Our next theme song. Then he concludes the opening with an ode to Miami Vice with star drummer, Travis Barker.
Anderson details how everyone ignores the play-off music, so instead, his momma will be cutting off long-winded speakers.
[5:07 p.m.]
Anderson introduces the first presenter, Married..with Children’s Christina Applegate, who is welcomed to rapturous applause. Applegate presents the Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Ayo Edebiri wins for The Bear #Emmys
Now we return to Applegate who has the opportunity to introduce comedy and TV legend, Carol Burnett. Burnett introduces the award for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – and it goes to Qunita Brunson, for Abbott Elementary. An emotional Brunson accepts the award warmingly.
We move to our first commercial break with a parting shot of the late James Gandolfini.
[5:19 p.m.]
We return with Anderson paying tribute to The Sopranos, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. He welcomes Sopranos stars, Michael Imperioli and Lorraine Bracco. They are here to present the Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The White Lotus of it all. The Emmy goes to Jennifer Coolidge for The White Lotus. Coolidge thanks Mike White and all the “evil gays.” She’s getting the momma wrap-up signal.
Pedro Pascal presents the award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, which starts a bit delayed with the voice-over. But not before taking a wild gag at Kieran Culkin, stating he’s the reason his arm is in a sling. The Emmy goes to Matthew Macfayden for Succession.
And we’re at another commercial break.
[5:32]
Two and a Half Men stars Jon Cryer and Holland Taylor present the award for Supporting Actor in a Comedy series. The Emmy goes to The Bear’s Ebom Moss-Bachrach.
And now we have another TV reunion with FOX’s 90s sitcom, Martin. Stars Martin Lawrence, Tisha Cambell, Tichina Arnold, and Karl Payne II are here to present an award. Payne believes they’re there to get an Emmy, which unfortunately they are not. They present the award for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, which goes to The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White. That’s a clean sweep for the acting comedy noms.
[5:43 p.m.]
After Midnight host Taylor Tomlinson is joined by Stephen Colbert to present the next award, with a joke about Gen Z thinking Taylor is “mummy dust” because she’s 30. They present the award for best Variety Sketch Show, which goes to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Oliver talks until he’s forced off by Anderson’s mother.
Next, we have Brunson joined by five-time Emmy nominee, Marla Gibbs. Gibbs jokes that she keeps working at 92 because of the wage gap. They are here to present the Emmy for Sporing Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie. Niecy Nash-Betts wins for Monster: Dahmer – The Jeffery Dahmer Story.
[5:55 p.m.]
We’re back with a reunion of the Emmy-winning sitcom, Cheers, with Ted Danson, Reha Pearlman, George Wendt, Kelsey Grammer, and John Ratzenberger. They all are here to present the award for Best Directing in a Comedy Series. The Emmy goes to Christopher Storer, The Bear, who is not there. Storer also won the Emmy for Best Writing in a Comedy Series for The Bear. That’s five Emmys for The Bear as it sweeps the major comedy categories. And we’re off to another commercial.
[6:02]
We’re back with Joel McHale and Ken Jeong to present the award for Best Reality Competition. They do a hilarious bit about Jeong’s height and why he isn’t a doctor anymore. The award goes to RuPaul’s Drag Race. RuPaul has the most wins for a host in Emmy history and the most wins for a person of color.
The next presenter gets a classic introduction. The Dog Pound welcomes Arsenio Hall. Hall reminisces how when many kids his age wanted to be Jiim Brown, he wanted to be an old white guy with a late-night show. He’s honoring late-night legends to present the award for Writing for A Variety Series. The Emmy goes to John Oliver for Last Week Tonight for John Oliver, the eighth consecutive win in this category.
The cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is presenting the next Emmy, and all but Danny DeVito were aware that the Emmys have been on for 75 years, and they’ve never been invited. DeVito got his Emmy for Taxi. They’re presenting the Emmy for Best Talk Series, and it goes to The Daily Show for Trevor Noah.
[6:19 p.m.]
We’re back with Ted Lasso’s Juno Temple and Brett Goldstein to present Directing for a Limited, Anthology Series or TV Movie. Beef‘s creator Lee Sung Jin wins for Beef.
Anderson professes his love for police procedurals, as Anderson transitions to medical procedurals, his mother’s favorite. We’re gearing up for the Grey’s Anatomy reunion. Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, Justin Chambers, Katherine Heigl, and James Pickens Jr. are on stage. They are presenting Best Supporting Actor in a Limited, Anthology Series or TV Movie. The award goes to Paul Walter Hauser for Black Bird. Hauser delivers his speech in an incredible rap speech.
We’re at another commercial break.
[6:32]
Anderson welcomes Jon Hamm of AMC’s Mad Men to present the next award. The series received 16 of 116 Emmy awards in its seven-season run. Hamm is presenting Best Writing for a Drama Series. The award goes to Jesse Armstong for Succession.
The stars of Marvel’s Loki Tom Hiddleston and Key Huy Quan present the award for Outstanding Writing for Limited, Anthology Series or TV Movie. The award goes to Beef’s Lee Sung Jin. He admits he wrote this over Zoom as he thanks his team of writers.
Another commercial break. Although we just came from one.
[6:43 p.m.]
We’re back with Anderson and his mother doing a bit about Harrison Ford sitting in front of her. Anderson welcomes Arrested Development and The Ozarks star, Jason Bateman. He’s presenting the award for Best Directing for a Drama Series, and it goes to Mark Mylod. for Succession. The final season of the HBO series has three wins tonight.
And we now have a special edition of SNL’s “Weekend Update” with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. They are presenting the award for Variety Special (Live). The Emmy goes to Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodgers Stadium. Elton John is now an EGOT winner.
[6:55]
We return with a tribute to the iconic The Twilight Zone as Anderson introduces American Horror Story’s Dylan McDermott. He’s joined by Rubberman to present Lead Actor in a LS, AS, or TV movie. Steven Yeun wins for Beef, a repeat of the Golden Globes. Yeun announces he has a lot of people to thank for even “being in this business.”
We transition to Jenna Ortega and Sherly Lee Ralph to the theme song to Laverne & Shirley. They are here to present the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in LS, AS, or TV Movie. And the Emmy goes to Ali Wong. Ali with a heartfelt speech thanking her father and daughters.
Back to Anderson after the Rubberman bit. He presents Dyansty’s Dame Joan Collins and Empire’s Taraji P. Henson. The two are presenting the award for Outstanding Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie. The Emmy goes to Beef. Creator Lee Sung Jin accepts the award, the show’s fifth award of the night.
We transition to a commercial with The Golden Girls’ iconic theme song.
[7:14]
The Price is Right theme brings us back to introducing the Emmy’s president, Frank Scherma, to the Dragnet theme song. Scherma introduces a montage of 75 iconic moments captured on television, from Maude opting to have an abortion, to the fall of the World Trade Center. Anderson then introduces Colman Domingo and Hannah Waddingham to present the 2023 Governor’s Award to GLAAD. Accepting the award is Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD. Ellis states the world needs “culture-changing stories about transgender people.”
Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers appear for an All in the Family reunion, giving honor to the late Norman Lear. Reiner says when Lear stirred the pot, he wound up changing American culture. Reiiner and Struthers introduce the In Memoriam segment. Charlie Puth and The War & Treaty sing “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa. And now they transition to singing the Friends theme song, ending with Matthew Perry.
[7:35 p.m.]
We’re back with Calista Flockhart and the cast of Ally McBeal. Flockhart is announcing Lead Actor in a Drama Series, a touch category. The Emmy goes to Kieran Culkin for Succession, who gets a big kiss and hug from father, Brain Cox.
Anderson, transition to the next portion of the evening, shining a light on the several TV reunions we’ve had for the evening. Three awards left – Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Comedy, and Outstanding Drama Series.
Now, we have True Detective: Night Country star Jodie Foster, presenting the award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The award goes to Sarah Snook for Succession.
A commercial break before we receive the last two awards for the evening.
[7:49 p.m.]
Natasha Lyonne and Tracee Ellis Ross present the award for Outstanding Comedy Series with a take on the legendary I Love Lucy chocolate episode. The Emmy goes to The Bear, picking up its sixth win of the night.
And for the final award, Anderson introduces Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage. And it goes to Succession, for its final season.
They end the ceremony commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. with a playing of his “I Have A Dream Speech.”
And that is the 2023 Emmy Awards. Until next year (this year?), see you next time.