The 72nd Emmy Awards 2020 Held on Sunday Night But with a Slight Twist

The Emmy awards this year took on a different note, keeping in mind the pandemic. Dressed in a black suit, American host Jimmy Kimmel took charge of the stage on Sunday night in Staples Center in Los Angeles while addressing the audience. 

At first, one would be startled to see such a vibrant and a large audience but as Jimmy takes us through the event, we get to know that in fact, the audience was from archive footage and not from the live audience at Staples Center.  

Jimmy was standing all by himself on the stage and the nominated celebrities in the audience were cardboard cut-outs. The real celebrities however got to savour the show from the comfort of their homes. 

The big winners on Sunday night were ‘Schitt’s Creek’, reality drama ‘Watchmen’ and HBO’s family drama ‘Succession’ although ‘Schitt’s Creek’ took the most awards for a comedy series. ‘Schitt’s Creek’ won 7 Emmys for a comedy series. ‘Succession’ and ‘Watchmen’ won four awards each. 

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Another landmark moment at the Emmys was that 24 year old actress Zendaya became the youngest person to win the ‘best actress in a drama’ for her role in HBO’s ‘Euphoria.’ Zendaya had tough competition beating big names like Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Olivia Coleman ( The Crown) and Laura Linney (Ozark). 

Jennifer Aniston came live on stage with Jimmy to present the lead actress in a comedy series. They followed a strict safety protocol to announce the winner’s name however the events that played out thereafter was pretty hilarious.  The award was finally presented to Catharine O’Hara for ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and the trophy was presented to her by a person in a Hazmat suit. 

Take a look: 

Jennifer Aniston puts out a fire and saves the #Emmys! pic.twitter.com/hUBfzVzTn8

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 21, 2020

Below are the winners

Best Comedy

“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop)

Best Drama

“Succession” (HBO)

Best Limited Series

“Watchmen” (HBO)

Best Actress, Comedy

Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”

Best Actor, Comedy

Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”

Best Actress, Drama

Zendaya, “Euphoria”

Best Actor, Drama

Jeremy Strong, “Succession”

Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie

Regina King, “Watchmen”

Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie

Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Daniel Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”

Supporting Actress, Drama

Julia Garner, “Ozark”

Supporting Actor, Drama

Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a Movie

Uzo Aduba, “Mrs. America”

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Watchmen”

*Television Movie

“Bad Education” (HBO)

*Variety Sketch Series

“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Variety Talk Series

“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO)

Reality Competition Program

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)

*Reality Host

RuPaul, “Drag Race”

*Structured Reality Program

“Queer Eye” (Netflix)

*Unstructured Reality Program

“Cheer” (Netflix)

*Guest Actress, Comedy

Maya Rudolph, “Saturday Night Live”

*Guest Actor, Comedy

Eddie Murphy, “Saturday Night Live”

*Guest Actress, Drama

Cherry Jones, “Succession”

*Guest Actor, Drama

Ron Cephas Jones, “This Is Us”

*Documentary or Nonfiction Series

“The Last Dance” (ESPN)

*Documentary or Nonfiction Special

“The Apollo” (HBO)

*Animated Program

“Rick and Morty” (Adult Swim)

Writing for a Comedy Series

Daniel Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” (“Happy Ending”)

Writing for a Drama Series

Jesse Armstrong, “Succession” (“This Is Not for Tears”)

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special

Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, “Watchmen” (“This Extraordinary Being”)

Directing for a Comedy Series

Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” (“Happy Ending”)

Directing for a Drama Series

Andrij Parekh, “Succession” (“Hunting”)

Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special

Maria Schrader, “Unorthodox”

*Directing for a Variety Series

Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” (“Host: Eddie Murphy”)