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.
It presented a striking visual and set the scene appropriately.Before the best comedy director category, Kimmel did a bit with “Barry” actor Anthony Carrigan posing as a Russian “mailman” delivering the envelopes to announce the winners.
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