The Emmys are back in their traditional mid-September spot after a single strike-delayed edition in January. The show began at 8 pm Eastern time and is airing on ABC from the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
The hosts, father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, opened the show Sunday night. They won Emmys at the 2020 awards for Schitt’s Creek.
Shogun, The Bear and Baby Reindeer were favorites going into the night, with Shogun expected to win best drama series after picking up 14 wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held last weekend.
So far, the star of FX show the The Bear Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.
A surprise came when Liza Colón-Zayas won best supporting actor over major competition.
"How could I have thought it would be possible to be in the presence of Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett," Colón-Zayas said as tears welled in her eyes as she accepted the award on the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. She is the first Latina to win in the category.
Eugene and Dan Levy, in their opening monologue at the top of the program mocked the very dramatic show being in the comedy category. "In honor of ‘The Bear’ we will be making no jokes," Eugene Levy said to laughs from the audience.
Shogun lost its first chance at winning on the main show Sunday when Billy Crudup took best supporting actor in a drama over Tadanobu Asano for his role on the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show.
Elizabeth Debicki took best supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana at the end of her life in the sixth and final season of the show.
"Playing this part, based on this unparalleled, incredible human being, has been my great privilege," Debicki said. "It’s been a gift."
Multiple Oscar winners among the nominees include Streep, Robert Downey Jr. and Jodie Foster, who could get her first Emmy for best actress in a limited series for True Detective : Night Country.
