Daytime Emmys 2020 winners list: Alan Menken scores EGOT

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The first Black female self-made millionaire. A successful doctor also dealing with a full house.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHow vicious is the Roy family from HBO’s “Succession”? Brian Cox, who plays powerful patriarch Logan Roy, and Jeremy Strong (as his son Kendall Roy) managed to help push out two mainstays in the Emmys’ lead drama actor category this year: Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) and Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”).

The Emmys are doing things differently amid the pandemic.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe Television Academy’s willingness to nominate a number of newcomers has shaken up the majority of the key races.Here, Variety breaks down the early odds in 14 categories at the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.Drama Series With last year’s winner (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) no longer in the running, there was a big vacant spot in this category but, interestingly, it wasn’t the only slot to see a different title from the 2019 ballot.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticDespite having the Oscar winning Reversal of Fortune made from his book of the same name, it seems Alan Dershowitz this week had the difference between fact and fiction painstaking explained to him by one of ViacomCBS’s top lawyers over Jeffrey Epstein.“If we understand your letter correctly, you are complaining about a line spoken by a fictional character, in an episode of the fictional series The Good Fight,” wrote the company’s Jonathan Anschell

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThere was more choice than ever before when it came to marking the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards nomination ballots, but that choice proved to be a good thing.

were announced yesterday, this year’s Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel — sent a letter to key acting nominees informing them that this year’s ceremony will be virtual, and asking them to prepare to participate from home, or wherever they want to be.“As you’ve probably guessed, we’re not going to be asking you to come to the Microsoft Theatre in downtown LA on September 20th,” the letter says, in part.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorOn July 26, composer and songwriter Alan Menken officially became an EGOT — joining 16 others in achieving the rare distinction of having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award — via his Daytime Emmy for outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult, or animated program for “Waiting in the Wings” from Disney’s “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.”Joining the likes of John Legend, Marvin Hamlish and Robert Lopez in the honor, Menken spoke with Variety on the

announced Tuesday morning by a raucous, overly enthusiastic Leslie Jones and presenters Josh Gad, Laverne Cox and Tatiana Maslany — includes an overabundance of “I’ll have the usual” nods.

Even during a global pandemic, the Emmys are still happening this year in September. Ahead of the show, the nominees for the TV industry’s most prominent awards have been announced by the Television Academy.

Brad Pitt clearly made an impression on Emmys voters this year. The two-time Academy Award winner was nominated for his brief Saturday Night Live cameo as Dr. Anthony Fauci.Fauci, 79, stated on CNN’s New Day in early April that he wanted the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor, 56, to portray him on Saturday Night Live.

Watchmen), (Self Made), and (Little Fires Everywhere). “3 out 5 of the actresses for limited series are Black,” one fan wrote on Twitter, while another posted, “The Black excellence is tangible.”It's tangible beyond the Limited Series category, as well.

After weeks of waiting, the 2020 Emmy Awards nominations are finally here!

via livestream on YouTube and the Television Academy’s Facebook page.Three-time Emmy nominee Leslie Jones will host the nomination reveal — which will also be streamed on Emmys.com — with an assist from Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany.“Television has played an integral role in navigating these unprecedented times and has brought us together as we remain apart,” said Frank Scherma, Television Academy chairman and CEO, on the official site.

72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, there are a lot of unknowns — starting with how the show will even happen, given that the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of abating in the United States. One thing that will remain familiar for the 2020 Emmys, though, is its host, Jimmy Kimmel, who has previously emceed the show twice before.Despite the logistical challenges, the Television Academy is still ready to recognize television's biggest and brightest achievements of the year.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAlan Menken became the latest recipient of EGOT status following his Daytime Emmy win on Sunday, July 26. Menken, who has eight Oscars, 11 Grammys and one Tony Award, took home the Daytime Emmy for outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult or animated program.

, and, won a Daytime Emmy on Sunday after previously winning a competitive GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony Award during his celebrated career.   The win for Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult or Animated Program for composing music for Disney Channel’s comes 30 years after he first won an Oscar — Best Original Song for “Under the Sea” from — in 1990.

Tracy Jordan once told us, EGOT-ing is a pretty big deal. It's a major achievement for people in entertainment, signifying someone winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and until this weekend, only 15 people could boast about it.

Composer Alan Menken on Sunday became the 16th person ever to achieve EGOT status. He joins the small group of entertainers who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.