Emmys Loved Nostalgia For 75th Ceremony So Look For More Sunday: ‘West Wing’, ‘Happy Days’ Reunions, ‘Family Ties’, ‘Murphy Brown’ & More
deadline.comWhen I interviewed Television Academy chairman Cris Abrego and president and CEO Maury McIntyre on Emmy nomination day, they indicated that despite low ratings for the star-studded 75th Emmys on Fox (delayed four months to January of this year), they were thrilled with its production and the nostalgia factor you probably could expect for such a major milestone year.
The pair indicated reunions and nostalgia for TV’s past would be returning to ABC’s turn at broadcasting Sunday’s Primetime Emmys, and just their luck — that network is battling DirecTV in a carriage dispute, and there is a possibility DirecTV customers won’t see the show and likely wins for Disney’s collection of networks.
Those notably FX, which picked up 21 Creative Arts Emmys over the weekend just for Shōgun (14, already a single series first-season record) and The Bear (seven) in their respective Drama Series and Comedy Series categories.
Hopefully they will come to terms because it is looking like a great nostalgic night once again. “Kudos to Jesse Collins and his team, who are again back for the 76th I don’t think we could have had a better show for our 75th it was just a pretty amazing, amazing night of awards and honoring and nostalgia.
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