Emmys Snubs and Surprises: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Sweeps, Zendaya’s Big Win

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Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe cast of Schitt’s Creek – Eugene and Daniel Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy – celebrated their record-breaking Emmy wins with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, and seemed to offer at least a little hope that fans haven’t seen the last of the Rose family.Asked by Kimmel about a possible Schitt’s Creek return at some point in the future, co-creator (and supporting actor/comedy Emmy winner) Daniel Levy joked, “I guess it just

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Insecure didn't take home any Emmys on Sunday night, with the show losing out to Schitt's Creek in the outstanding comedy series category and actors Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji missing out to Schitt's Creek's Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy respectively. But the show did win perhaps the greatest prize of all: An introductory mirror rap by one Gabrielle Union, performed in the style of central character Issa Dee.

With a spike in nominations for marginalised groups at the 2020 Emmy’s, there were huge wins for the LGBTQI community at this year’s ceremony. It was a monumental night for shows like Schitt’s Creek, so here is a wrap of the big wins for the LGBTQI community at the 2020 Emmy Awards. Schitt’s Creek Wins Big In an unprecedented sweep, Schitt’s Creek emerged victorious in every single one of the comedy categories at this year’s Emmy’s.

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Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe 2020 Emmys had their share of surprises – besides being virtual, pretty funny and surprisingly glitch free.A sweep by Canadian import Schitt’s Creek for Pop TV was widely anticipated but not quite to the extent we got, a complete vacuuming up of everything touching the comedy category for seven wins.

72nd Emmy Awards.Host Jimmy Kimmel, 52, opened the ceremony by delivering his monologue to an apparently full audience sans masks or social distancing that confused viewers at home. However, he soon revealed it was old footage (with the real audience being a mix of empty chairs and cardboard cutouts), and then he moved into a room filled with an entire wall of screens showing this year’s nominees video-conferencing in remotely.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is historically an Emmys favorite, and yet Schitt's Creek totally shut.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorOn an Emmy night dominated by HBO and Schitt’s Creek, streaming services were largely marginalized, taking three supporting actor prizes and a fourth for best limited-series directing.HBO, riding Succession and Watchmen in particular, dominated the network rankings of networks, capturing 30 wins out of its 107 total nominations.

Watchmen, Succession and Schitt’s Creek were the big winners during a politically charged Emmy Awards and a ceremony unlike any before.

Peter White Television EditorSchitt’s Creek has become a Canadian success story and while Pop TV, and to some extent, Netflix, will get the domestic plaudits – the network that gave the comedy its first chance was CBC.The public broadcaster said that it was “proud” to have commissioned the Dan Levy and Eugene Levy-created comedy, which gave Canada its first ever series win and became the first comedy or drama to sweep all four acting categories.The show was also the first series to sweep all

Annie Murphy took home the Emmy for supporting actress in a comedy series for Schitt's Creek during Sunday night's Primetime Emmy Awards. Murphy beat out fellow nomineesBetty Gilpin (GLOW),D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place),Yvonne Orji (Insecure),Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs.