And the 2021 Emmys are over. The night of television ends with a gala of apparent return to normality after last year’s virtual one. If we stick to the numbers, this has been the night of ‘The Crown’ (7) and Netflix (10), which beats the HBO / HBO Max combo (9) by the minimum.
A figure that, together with the fact that the most awarded series tonight are streaming natives, suggests that tonight has been the consecration of OTTs. But we will analyze the cold statistics at another time, which only spoil the experience lived in the last hours.
After one of the dullest red carpets I can remember, at least on a television level, Cedric The Entertainer began the gala honoring his artistic name: a rap dedicated to television (TV, You Got What I Need) where various faces joined the celebration of television.
A more relaxed atmosphere
This year the tent of LA Live hosts the ceremony and that includes a more relaxed atmosphere with tables around a stage located quite in the center of the tent. A more welcoming atmosphere, more festive than usual because there is so much to celebrate.
‘Ted Lasso’ opened the scoring with separate awards for Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein as best supporting actors. A double victory that was already positioning comedy in the lead and that would not be unique, since the first blocks (secondary comedy, miniseries and script / drama direction) seemed to go in pairs.
After both awards, Cedric The Entertainer back on stage to do the pertinent monologue. An unusual decision not to have done it at the beginning but to has ensured some fluidity to the always delicate opening section of the gala.
Emmys So White
By the way, the artist joked that his black actor friends were constantly asking him to drop an Emmys. A joke that became somewhat apparent as the night went by and, despite having a great racial diversity in the nominations, only white people went up to collect the award … until RuPaul arrived receiving, again, the Emmy for best reality competition.
After some curious sketch (such as the meeting of non-awarded actors) and see the great Jennifer Coolidge in its sauce, ‘Hacks’ began to show itself as a serious candidate to be crowned as best comedy after getting best script, direction and the sung award for Jean Smart.
Do you know what not to do when you are awarded a prize? give the turra. It seems that a Scott frank They didn’t tell her that and her thank you speech lasted longer than her series, ‘Lady’s Gambit’. When we have already been two hours and some gala, and it is seen that they are late, it is the worst thing that can be done. More concrete and to the point was Michaela coel, for his well-deserved Emmy for best screenplay for ‘I could destroy you’.
The preset script
Beyond the usual small changes, and otherwise, the gala has complied with the established script. In fact, perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was Ewan McGregor’s win for Best Actor in a Miniseries for ‘Halston’. However, his category was one of which anything could happen.
Already the last hour of the show you could tell that they were well behind the temporary budget. Nothing that could not solve a timely step on the accelerator so as not to exceed the deadline too much (only for twenty minutes): less chatter, put the In Memoriam suddenly and not wait for a new block to do it …
And finally the three jackpots of the night were confirmed with ‘The Crown’ doing full throttle in its drama section (7 of 7) including Best Series (first time for Netflix); ‘Ted Lasso’ won a deserved award but sweating in case ‘Hacks’ gave the surprise; ‘Gambit de dama’, meanwhile, rose as the best miniseries on a night that was not conducive to her.
And one more night, although the feeling is that on television the thing does not change (little can be done not to end up lengthening the thing), the 2021 Emmys have perfectly fulfilled their reward for some of the best series of this anus. Although they have been somewhat carried away by popularity, the awards have been well deserved as a whole.