Deadline’s Primetime Emmys Live Blog

The Old Ways Are Dead For what seemed like ages, host Jimmy Kimmel and executive producer Reginald Hudlin leaned into a risky, uncomfortable gag in which Kimmel was made, through deft use of crowd reaction shots from a previous year, to appear to be delivering a monologue to a live audience. Twitter erupted.

Every four years at the Winter Olympics, everybody pretends that they're experts in figure skating, befouling Twitter with gripes that a skater who did a clean routine (usually an American, if we're being honest) lost to somebody who fell down twice — ignoring that said skater (usually a Russian) did like 17 quadruple jumps or something.

Schitt’s Creek was a massive winner at the Primetime Emmys, picking up the first seven awards of Sunday’s (September 20, 2020) virtual ceremony.All four stars, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Daniel Levy, and Annie Murphy, claimed the comedy acting honors, while the show was also named Outstanding Comedy Series.The show previously landed two gongs at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last week, taking its 2020 tally to nine.The cast and crew gathered for dinner in Canada, where they celebrated the

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and Lisa Kudrow staged a mini-Friends reunion at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night (September 20, 2020), pretending they were all still living together.Host Jimmy Kimmel checked in with his pal Jennifer to make sure she got home safely after showing up to help him hand out the night’s first award, and she revealed she was hanging out with her roommates.“We live together,” Cox said, prompting Aniston to add, “We’ve been roommates since 1994.”The trio will

Jimmy Kimmel called out a Zoom meeting ID at the end of the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, which many fans attempted to attend. The after-party meeting ID was 4599567155.

Love Island 2020 winners Paige Turley and Finley Tapp are currently enjoying a loved-up holiday in Pilos, Greece.The reality stars have been spending their days soaking up the sun in the luxurious Westin Resort and enjoying fancy dinners in the evening.The couple are staying near to the ocean, and last week the former girlfriend of Lewis Capaldi shared a snap of herself looking chic on the beach in a large black straw sun hat and a pink swimming costume.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We have a record number of Black Emmy nominees this year, which is great,” black-ish star Anthony Anderson began as he presented at the 2020 Emmys. “These Emmys would have been the NBA All-Star weekend and Wakanda all wrapped into one.”“This was supposed to be the Blackest Emmys ever.

In an unprecedented year for the television industry, due to the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we definitely are expecting a unique telecast for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards. This year’s show is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, returning for his third time, which may very well be the only recognizable part of the evening’s festivities as the event goes digital.

72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are officially upon us, and even as the event pivoted to a mostly virtual affair, the results will still be the same: The best and brightest TV shows of the year will be celebrated, with their casts, crews, and creative teams walking home with several shiny prizes (though many categories were already announced at the Creative Arts Emmys last week).  This year, there are a lot of great shows in contention for the night's biggest prizes.

Eddie Murphy, 59, just won his first ever Primetime Emmy Award for his amazing return to Saturday Night Live on Sept. 19 and it looks like part of his celebration will include a stint on a comedy stage! The actor and comedian revealed that before his big win, he was already planning on “absolutely” returning to stand up but the COVID-19 pandemic has been causing a delay.

will wear a tux and deliver an opening monologue — but those are about the only “normal” parts of Sunday night’s 2020 Emmys.Forget the traditional pre-shindig red-carpet ceremony (“Who are you wearing?”), the star-studded studio audience dressed to the nines, the oft-cringeworthy presenter exchanges and even that jacked-up, booming voice-over guy.In the COVID era, it will be just Kimmel, joking with and talking to the nominees, and a worldwide audience, live from the Staples Center in LA.“To

Primetime Emmy Awards are happening tonight! Television's biggest night will opt for a virtual ceremony this year, as opposed to its usual star-studded red carpet affair, but TV's best and brightest will still be honored in an event hosted by late-night host and awards show veteran Jimmy Kimmel, who is also executive producing the show, along with Guy Carrington, Reginald Hudlin, David Jammy and Ian Stewart.Ahead of the show, ET is breaking down everything you need to know about this year's

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards caps a weeklong procession of honoring the best of 2020 in television Sunday with a hybrid virtual ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.