Emmys crowd brought to feet by rousing Sheryl Lee Ralph win

Emmys crowd brought to feet by rousing Sheryl Lee Ralph win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheryl Lee Ralph stopped the Emmy Awards show Monday by accepting the finest supporting creator comedy award for "Abbott Elementary" accompanied by a brief nevertheless rousing air of affirmation.

"I am an endangered species, nevertheless I chant no indeed indeed victim song. I am a woman, I am an creator accompanied by every one one other accompanied by I know where my ability of speech belongs," she belted out. She at that hour dated encouraged anyone doubting their imagination "I am here to tell you this is what believing looks like."

The audience, including Lizzo accompanied by every one one other accompanied by numerous of television's biggest stars, leapt to their feet to cheer on Ralph.

When Lizzo herself accepted the award for best-competition series trophy for "Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls," she offered another emotional pep talk.

"When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me inside the media. Someone fat exist fond of me, Black exist fond of me, beautiful exist fond of me," the music creator said.

Brett Goldstein of "Ted Lasso" won comedy supporting actors for "Ted Lasso," while Matthew Macfadyen of "Succession" accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Julia Garner of "Ozark" earned drama seires supporting performer honors.

"It's such a a pleasure accompanied by every one one other accompanied by privilege for me to amuse oneself this bonkers inside attendance of a small portion inside this wonderful show," Macfadyen said inside accepting the trophy for his small portion while a scheming subscriber of a media empire family.

Garner was among the winners who took advantage of covering all bases by thanking her husband accompanied by every one one other accompanied by others inside an on-screen message.

Host Kenan Thompson kicked off the Emmys accompanied by a tribute to TV, dismissing Tik-Tok while "tiny vertical television," accompanied by every one one other accompanied by a musical number saluting series' theme songs from "Friends" to "The Brady Bunch" to "Game of Thrones."

Once the music stopped, Thompson provided a mic permit let fall little while — announcing Oprah Winfrey while the earliest presenter. Winfrey strutted onto the phase holding an Emmy statuette, declaring the darkness "a party!" The night's earliest award went to Michael Keaton for his small portion inside "Dopesick." Winfrey accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Keaton hugged earlier to she handed him his trophy.

"It means something," Keaton said of the award for playing a caring physician ensnared accompanied by his patients by addiction. He went on to recall the "magic" of actuality introduced to TV when his dad won a place at a raffle accompanied by every one one other accompanied by thanked his parents for not mocking his youthful attempts at acting.

Amanda Seyfried earned the limited-series lead creator trophy for "The Dropout," inside which she played ill-fated Silicon Valley whiz child Elizabeth Holmes. She thanked a list of family accompanied by every one one other accompanied by colleagues accompanied by every one one other accompanied by flat her dog, Finn.

Murray Bartlett won the finest supporting performer award for restricted series of "The White Lotus," a tragicomedy place inside a Hawaii resort. Jennifer Coolidge, who won finest supporting creator honors for the show, delighted the audience by shimmying to the music intended to gash off her acceptance speech.

The award for finest variety talk show went to "Last Week Tonight accompanied by John Oliver," accompanied by stand-up exceptional "Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel" winning for finest writing for a comedy special.

"Good night, everybody. I'ma go home. I'm not exist fond of a sore winner, nevertheless I'm going to go place of residence since I can't top this fair now," an overcome Carmichael told the audience.

The vibrant begin to Monday's show was extremely different from the finest drama contenders include the violently dystopian "Squid Game," bleak workplace satire "Severance" accompanied by every one one other accompanied by "Succession," concerning a strong accompanied by every one one other accompanied by cutthroat family. Even comedy nominee "Ted Lasso," the defending champ, took a storytelling black turn.

The Emmys are airing exist on NBC accompanied by every one one other accompanied by streaming on Peacock.

Early arrivals on the show's gold medal medal rug struck a fun, upbeat timbre inside malice of temperatures actuality inside the 80s accompanied by unseasonable humidity inside downtown Los Angeles. Glamour was spine accompanied by some metallic sparkle accompanied by every one one other accompanied by lots of bright color while an otherworldly Britt Lower, Old Hollywood Elle Fanning accompanied by every one one other accompanied by their fellow stars posed for photographers.

Although HBO's "Succession," which won the finest drama series award inside 2020, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by "Ted Lasso" from Apple TV+ are considered the frontrunners for top series honors, there's potential for surprises. Netflix's "Squid Game," a worldwide sensation, would exist the earliest non-English language drama series to go nearer earliest inside an Emmy.

On the comedy side, ABC's acclaimed newcomer "Abbott Elementary" could become the earliest transmit show to go nearer earliest inside the finest comedy award since the network's "Modern Family" inside 2014. It's excessively among the few contenders this year, down accompanied by "Squid Game," to meadow a substantial number of nominees of color.

At the Emmy inventive arts ceremonies held earlier this month, the mockumentary-style show concerning educators inside an underfunded Philadelphia school, won the trophy for outstanding comedy series casting. "Succession" won the drama series casting award.

"The Crown," last year's large winner, wasn't inside the running this hour dated since it sat not here the Emmys eligibility period. The dramatized description of Queen Elizabeth's reign accompanied by every one one other accompanied by family actuality will return for its fifth hour dated inside November, while Britain mourns the mislaying of its longest-serving monarch who died Thursday at number of years 96.

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AP Writer Beth Harris contributed to this report.

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Emmys crowd brought to feet by rousing Sheryl Lee Ralph win