Emmys 2020 Open With Jimmy Kimmel’s “Pand-Emmys” Intro And Cardboard Minimize-Outs

Los Angeles:

Host Jimmy Kimmel opened the Emmys Sunday from an empty Los Angeles theater stuffed with cardboard cutouts of A-listers, as Hollywood’s first main Covid-era awards present started with a sweep for comedy “Schitt’s Creek.”

“Hi there and welcome to the pand-Emmys,” mentioned Kimmel, as producers minimize to archive footage of a star-studded viewers, earlier than revealing the venue’s empty seats.

Nominees for the 72nd Emmys — tv’s model of the Oscars — are beaming in remotely from their houses by way of video name, as Los Angeles continues to be below robust coronavirus-related restrictions.

Darkish superhero satire “Watchmen” is predicted to dominate the night, but the early prizes of the night in the comedy categories were swept by Canadian comedy “Schitt’s Creek.”

The primary award of the night time, greatest actress in a comedy sequence, went to Catherine O’Hara for “Schitt’s Creek,” who was handed her statuette by a presenter in a hazmat go well with at a socially distanced occasion for the present’s solid in Toronto.

“I will perpetually be grateful to Eugene and Daniel Levy for giving me the chance to play a lady of a sure age, my age, who will get to be totally her ridiculous self,” she mentioned.

Eugene Levy, her on-screen husband, adopted that up by scooping one of the best actor trophy — solely to be adopted by his real-life son Daniel, for greatest supporting actor and writing, and one other directing prize for a similar present.

The present — a couple of privileged household compelled to stay in a rundown motel — then took prime honors for greatest comedy sequence.

“Our present at its core is concerning the transformational results of affection and acceptance. We want it now greater than ever earlier than,” mentioned the youthful Levy.

“Schitt’s Creek” did not earn a single nomination in its first 4 years, nevertheless it gained consideration by later airing on Netflix and signed off with a heartwarming last season.

It had confronted competitors from previous winner “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” — Amazon’s quirky story of a 1950s housewife who turns into a standup comedian.

– ‘Outdated pal tv’ –

Nominees — who wore robes, tuxedos, informal put on and all the things in between — had been despatched cameras to hook up in venues of their selecting.

“Tonight’s look delivered to u by outdated ass tux jacket from CYRUS awards season and Goal’s restricted Clark Griswold Christmas Jammies assortment,” tweeted “The Morning Present” nominee Mark Duplass.

The coronavirus has turned Tinseltown the wrong way up, bringing productions to a halt at the same time as stay-at-home orders all over the world ship binge-watching by means of the roof.

“This has been a depressing 12 months… we have been quarantined and locked down, confined to our houses like prisoners,” mentioned Kimmel.

“What did we discover in that darkish and lonely tunnel? We discovered a good friend who’s there for us 24 hours a day — our outdated pal, tv.”

Well timed graphic novel spin-off “Watchmen” — which gained rave evaluations from critics and audiences alike — has already gained seven statuettes, in awards offered earlier than the printed.

It’s tipped to win a number of extra later in Sunday’s ceremony.

“‘Watchmen’ speaks so particularly in so many unprecedented methods to the second during which we’re dwelling proper now,” Libby Corridor, IndieWire’s TV awards editor, mentioned of the present which tackles historic US racism, police violence and even mask-wearing.

“I believe individuals will most likely get fairly bored with listening to Watchmen’s identify getting referred to as… it is as a lot of a lock as now we have proper now.”

– Drama race –

The celebrated, show-concluding drama sequence classes promise to be extra intently contested this 12 months than in latest editions — HBO’s Emmys record-breaking “Sport of Thrones” has lastly mounted a dragon and soared off to Westeros.

“Succession,” a darkish portrait of a robust Murdoch-esque household’s wrangling for management of a dynastic media empire, has amassed 18 nominations.

It’s tied for nods with “Ozark,” Jason Bateman’s crime saga set within the American heartland from Netflix, which regardless of touchdown a file 160 nominations this 12 months continues to be determined to win its first main sequence Emmy.

Apart from the awards themselves, the night time will honor the profession achievement of Tyler Perry.

The African-American leisure mogul has championed better range in Hollywood, and this 12 months paid funeral prices for black victims of police violence together with George Floyd.

The theme of tackling racism was anticipated to function prominently all through the night time.

“I additionally wish to acknowledge Issa Rae and the writers on ‘Insecure’ for writing among the funniest, most heartfelt tv of the 12 months,” mentioned Daniel Levy, referring to the pioneering present primarily based on internet sequence “Awkward Black Woman.”

Many stars in famously liberal Hollywood are additionally prone to have a cautious eye on President Donald Trump’s re-election bid.

One early skit within the ceremony featured a Russian-accented postman, referring to the political row over mail-in voting, which Trump has criticized.

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