Another pandemic-era Emmys are done.
Yes, there were technical glitches, skits that didn't land (all the jokes about Mike Pence's fly were told 11 months ago) and a lot of wholesome celebrations involving your favourite TV people.
But the were also subtler moments: new records achieved (good and bad), more accusations of institutional racism and, because we're in a pandemic, some legitimate health and safety concerns.
The Handmaid's Tale earned an unfortunate claim to fame
The Handmaid's Tale went into this year's event with 21 nominations for its fourth season, up there with The Crown and The Mandalorian (24) and WandaVision (23).
But unfortunately for the show, which was crowned Best Drama in 2017, it was successful in exactly zero of those categories.
That means the popular dystopian drama, now four series in (and with a fifth on the way), has become the biggest loser in Emmys history.
Who knew a terrifying tale about the end of civilised society just wouldn't vibe this year?
There were accusations of #EmmysSoWhite
Is Hollywood getting any better at truly representing its audience?
This year, a record 44 per cent of Emmys acting nominees were people of colour.
Pop quiz: how many of those actors took home awards on Monday?
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(It should be noted that Gillian Anderson, who did win, is bisexual. Also, last week's Creative Arts Emmys featured a few wins by black actors.)
While there was recognition for dancer and actor Debbie Allen, who won the Governor's Award for her career achievements, and for Michaela Coel, who won a writing award for her series I May Destroy You, the results were received about as well as you would expect.
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Awards shows have strived in recent years to diversify their voting blocks, particularly in the wake of similar controversy for years at the Oscars. This is happening across the arts.
But as Variety noted, this was the second major awards show in a row where a black actor who had recently died lost his category to a white Brit who did not turn up.
Gillian Anderson broke an Emmys streak
The Crown had another very good year at The Emmys.
Alongside Best Drama (the big one), Best Writing in a Drama Series and Best Directing in a Drama Series, the Netflix show performed a clean sweep of the four dramatic acting awards.
That included Gillian Anderson winning Best Supporting Actress for her part as British PM Margaret Thatcher in the show's fourth season.
It was an award 24 years in the making for the American actress.
You might remember the role she won for back then: FBI Agent Dana Scully.
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The streaming giants are getting bigger
The big streaming platforms have upended Hollywood in the past decade or so, and their Emmys dominance is increasing.
It started with Netflix splashing its considerable cash around and scoring wins with series like House of Cards. By 2018, it had broken the record for the most nominations at one Emmys.
Now it has broken the record for most wins (44) and landed its first two major series Emmys: Best Drama for The Crown and Best Limited Series for The Queen's Gambit.
Television Academy via AP)
)And what Netflix took eight years to do (it was first nominated in 2013) Apple TV has taken just two.
The tech behemoth's subscription service Apple TV was only launched in 2019 and this year claimed the Best Comedy award (Ted Lasso), Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Jason Sudeikis) and the two comedy supporting actor awards (Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham).
Of course, traditional players like HBO, ViacomCBS and Disney all have their own streaming services now, so it has become a story of the older studios vs the tech upstarts.
Seth Rogen wondered if this should have happened at all
It wouldn't be an awards show without someone asking whether this is all really worth the trouble.
This time it was comedian and weed entrepreneur Seth Rogen, presenting the night's first award, who seemed amused-but-also-slightly-alarmed by the set-up.
"There is way too many of us in this little room ... They said this was outdoors. It's not. They lied to us. We're in a hermetically sealed tent right now. I would not have come to this … It's more important that we have three chandeliers than that we make sure we don't kill Eugene Levy tonight. That is what has been decided."
Organisers did restrict entry to a small set of nominees only, and they had to be vaccinated and show a recent negative result.
Emmys host Cedric the Entertainer later referenced Rogen's comments:
"We had to get vaxxed to come here. I got vaxxed. I did not have a reaction like Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend."
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