![]() “I’m not like a sore winner, but I’m gonna go home because I can’t top this right now.” “I made something that was of great personal consequence to me and this definitely contributes to the meaning of it,” he said of his very personal special. When Jerrod Carmichael won best writing for a comedy special with his “Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel,” he decided to end the evening then and there on a high note, saying he was going home. “Have you or someone you love ever considered a reverse mortgage?” he quipped. “I wish I could box you up and take you home, like classified White House documents.” Co-star Steve Martin decided to get things back to the main reason for the evening. “Really, what an audience you are,” Short said. There wasn’t a lot of politics mentioned in Monday night’s show, but “Only Murders in the Building” star Martin Short managed to get in a dig at a favorite target on some awards nights, Donald Trump. Lizzo gave a shout-out to her dancers up in the balcony. “Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me.” She said she eventually did, but SHE had to be that person. “When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media,” she said. ![]() She was visibly blown away by Ralph’s speech, but soon Lizzo was onstage for her own emotional win for her competition series, “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls,” in which contestants vie to be her backup dancers, beating out frequent winner “Ru Paul’s Drag Race.” The singer gave a compelling lesson on how crucial representation is in our pop culture. Other repeats: Zendaya of “Euphoria,” repeating her prize from 2020, and Jean Smart, who won her second comedy actress award for “Hacks.” There had been thoughts of an “Abbott Elementary” upset in the comedy category, but it was not to be. “Ted Lasso” repeated last year’s win as best comedy, as did its star, Jason Sudeikis, and supporting actor Brett Goldstein. It was not the only repeat winner, by far. Two actresses have already won Emmys for playing the late Queen Elizabeth II on the same show, “The Crown.” Will there be a third, when Imelda Staunton takes over, after Claire Foy and Olivia Colman? In any case, “The Crown,” last year’s drama winner, was not in contention this year, and “Succession” was able to win its second prize, after winning in 2020. Sometimes it’s not clear early on what the big moment of an awards night will be. “This is what believing looks like,” she said. I am a woman, I am an artist, and I know where my voice belongs.” She then admonished anyone watching who’d ever had a dream, to not give up. Declared the victor for supporting actress in a comedy, she ascended the stage and sang the powerful opening to “Endangered Species” by Dianne Reeves: “I am an endangered species but I sing no victim’s song. She declared that no matter what happened inside, she’d already won. Sheryl Lee Ralph had already broken into tears before the show, when she’d been handed a tablet on the carpet with a recorded message of support from a beloved aunt. Photo: Mark Terrill/Invision/AP/Mark Terrill Previous Next 12, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Quinta Brunson accepts the Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series for "Abbott Elementary" at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. There was Ralph’s acting prize and Quinta Brunson’s writing award for “Abbott Elementary.” And then there was winner Lizzo, crying as she reminded her audience of the urgency of young people being able to see people who look like them represented in media and culture. Still, there were new and groundbreaking wins like that of actor Lee Jung-jae of “Squid Game,” the first Asian to win the award and a major breakthrough for a foreign-language show along with Hwang Dong-hyuk’s prize for directing. “Succession” and “Ted Lasso,” the big winners in drama and comedy, were repeat winners, as were a number of actors. ![]() It was a show that rewarded previous winners in several major categories. It was the first Emmy (and nomination) for stage and screen veteran Ralph, at 66, and she made the most of it, delivering the ultimate feel-good moment of an Emmy show that sometimes felt flat or uneven, despite the well-known comic talents of host Kenan Thompson and the return of a pre-pandemic crowd. ![]() And that’s exactly what Sheryl Lee Ralph did at the Emmys - capturing the attention of a packed theater and a global TV audience with a stirring acceptance speech for the ages. As a kindergarten teacher on “Abbott Elementary,” she can get an unruly class to sit up and listen. ![]()
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