At the 2024 Emmys, bored stars looked like they didn’t want to be there
nypost.comat the Emmy Awards on Sunday night.You could tell it was the end of summer because everybody looked very tan and very tired.Yes, Red Bull was the big winner at the shindig honoring the best of TV in Los Angeles.They all needed wings in the Peacock Theater, from first-time champs to small-screen legends to hosts Dan and Eugene Levy.OK, I’ll grant that an even temperament worked for the father-and-son emcees from “Schitt’s Creek.” They’re Canadian, ehhh, and wrung out a few good laughs from their Ontario deadpan.“Some of you are expecting us to make a joke about whether ‘The Bear’ is really a comedy,” said Eugene about the Best Comedy Series nominee.“But in the true spirit of ‘The Bear,’ we will not be making any jokes.”Speaking of the FX show, often the Emmys can feel like an Employee of the Month ceremony.Chad won … again?!Not this time.
Max’s brilliant “Hacks” shooed away previous winner “The Bear” and took Best Comedy Series.FX’s fine-dining dramedy did bag Actor (Jeremy Allen White), Supporting Actor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Supporting Actress (Liza Colón-Zayas) and for directing.OK, our Chad was Jean Smart, who snatched her third Best Actress in a Comedy Emmy for her fabulous work as comic Deborah Vance on “Hacks.”The Best Drama success of FX’s Japanese-and-English series “Shōgun” was more predictable, even if took its sweet time gaining momentum.
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