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WINNER: The Studio – greatest comedy sequence
Adrian Horton
No shock right here – The Studio has been throughout this Emmys telecast, and is now essentially the most awarded comedy for a single 12 months, in addition to essentially the most awarded freshman comedy.
“I’m legitimately embarrassed by how pleased this makes me,” says Seth Rogen, accepting on behalf of the present with an advert hoc speech that included, after all of the household and good friend and agent shout-outs, a nod to the individuals the present so efficiently skewered: “Thanks to the executives!” mentioned Rogen as farewell. (For what it’s value, Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner seemed delighted.)

Benjamin Lee
That is certainly fairly charming:
WINNER: Adolescence – greatest restricted or anthology sequence

Adrian Horton
And similar to that, it’s a full sweep for Adolescence on the Emmys, profitable each award during which they have been nominated tonight.
Stephen Graham accepts on behalf of the group, ensuring to emphasise the egalitarianism inherent to the present. “What we do, it’s not a sport of footie, ? There aren’t any winners and there aren’t any losers, it’s all subjective.”
On set, from government producer to bathroom cleaner within the Winnebago, “we have been handled equally”, he added. “Everybody was handled with the utmost respect. We’re all the identical.” Nicely mentioned.
WINNER: The Late Present with Stephen Colbert – greatest speak sequence

Adrian Horton
The lengthy pause earlier than the announcement mentioned all of it: that is the Emmy send-off for the Late Present, its first win in what we now know is its final season.
Colbert seems jubilant, to chants of “Stephen!” from his writers and his workers. He spares CBS from any barbs, as a substitute thanking his community for “giving us the privilege to be part of the late-night custom which I hope continues lengthy after we’re finished doing this present”.
He additionally recollects telling Spike Jonze, when first beginning in 2015, that he needed to make a present about love, however ultimately – “and you may most likely guess when this was” – he realized he was making a present about loss. “Generally you solely understand how a lot you’re keen on one thing whenever you get a way that you simply is likely to be dropping it,” he says. “I’ve by no means cherished my nation extra desperately.”
Colbert signed off with enthusiastic phrases of encouragement: “Keep robust, be courageous, and if the elevator ever tries to deliver you down, go loopy and punch a better flooring!”
WINNER: Stephen Graham (Adolescence) – lead actor in a restricted or anthology sequence

Adrian Horton
That is actually Adolescence’s night time. Longtime UK character actor Stephen Graham, already a winner for writing tonight, wins for his completely gutting efficiency because the dad of a 13-year-old killer and is shortly engulfed by his forged and household.
“This doesn’t usually occur to a child like me,” he says, seeming overwhelmed. “I’m only a mixed-race child from a block of flats in a spot known as Kirkby.”
He additionally emotionally thanks his dad, for “taking me to a video store as a child”, in addition to his spouse – “You understand, and I do know, with out you I’d be useless.” This can be a feel-good win for a devastatingly darkish present.

Adrian Horton
And now it’s time for the in memoriam section … Phylicia Rashad kicks off the somber proceedings with a particular tribute for her late Cosby Present co-star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who tragically drowned in July on the age of 54.
Nation singers Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson then take over, memorializing the various performers and TV employees we misplaced this 12 months, together with Teri Garr, John Amos, David Lynch, Ozzy Osbourne and Quincy Jones.

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Persevering with this momentary break from the firehose of TV awards, Michael Schur and Kristen Bell current the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award to Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson.
The award honors the couple’s charity work, together with however not restricted to: preserving the world’s oceans, arts funding in faculties, standing up for the LGBTQ+ group, pediatric AIDS and their Angels At Danger charity for dependancy prevention and help.
“There’s no honor that might imply extra to Mary and me than this one,” says Danson. “This life is just not about us … it’s about our stewardship of what we’ve been given.”

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Cris Abrego, the TV Academy president, has appeared to pay tribute to the Company for Public Broadcasting, a essential useful resource for native tv since 1967 and which can shut down on the finish of this 12 months after the Republican-led Congress voted to defund it.
“It silences one other cultural establishment,” Abrego lamented. However “at a time when division dominates the headlines, storytelling nonetheless has the facility to unite us. Tv and the artists to make it do greater than form our society, they form our tradition.”
Abrego, tipping into politics with out particularly antagonizing anybody or naming names, calls on the room to “proceed to champion that energy and wield it responsibly”, as “neutrality is just not sufficient”.
He additionally celebrates the 30,000-strong TV Academy for being the most important, youngest and most numerous voting bloc in historical past – a part of the mission to make sure that “tradition is just not a platform for the privileged, however a public good for all”, to a vigorous nod of help from Selena Gomez.
WINNER: Cristin Milioti (The Penguin) – lead actress in a restricted or anthology sequence

Adrian Horton
A shock, as most anticipated Michelle Williams for Dying for Intercourse, and Milioti instantly bursts into tears.
She then delivers, fortunately, a spirited speech in an evening sorely missing them – acknowledging her speech is written on the notes she took in remedy (“so don’t have a look at the again!”) and thanking her household for “supporting your unusual youngsters and exhibiting me motion pictures very inappropriate for my age”. She additionally shouts out a good friend “whose mind I wish to free base”, a phrase I’m now stealing.
WINNER: Erin Doherty (Adolescence) – supporting actress in a restricted or anthology sequence

Adrian Horton
As anticipated, tonight is shaping as much as be an Adolescence sweep within the restricted sequence classes, now with Erin Doherty for supporting actress as a baby psychologist within the present’s standout third episode.
“I’d love to say each single one that was concerned on this present, because it was the definition of a group effort,” she says, however she singles out creator Stephen Graham and government producer Hannah Walters. “You might be generosity personified,” she says, “regardless that Stephen known as me a tea cosy right this moment.”
WINNER: Final Week Tonight – writing for a spread sequence

Adrian Horton
No shock right here, as Final Week Tonight with John Oliver deservedly wins its thirty second all-time award for the present’s pinpoint sharp writing. Talking on behalf of the workers, senior author Daniel O’Brien notes that they share this award with the “writers of late-night political satire, whereas that’s nonetheless a sort of present that’s allowed to exist”. Oof!

Benjamin Lee
Plenty of the comedy bits haven’t labored tonight however Tina Fey’s did, after all:
WINNER: SNL 50: The Anniversary Particular – reside selection particular

Adrian Horton
Nicely, reside selection particular goes to neither Beyoncé nor Jay Z, who don’t seem to have finally proven up. Possibly they knew it was one other 12 months for Lorne Michaels, profitable for the movie star extravaganza that was the SNL 50 particular.
“I gained this award for the primary time 50 years in the past, in 1975,” says Michaels flanked by the present’s present stars. That was again when he had many desires, “however not a type of desires was that I’d nonetheless be doing the identical present for the subsequent 50 years”. And seemingly, as many extra years because the 80-year-old comedy titan lives on.

Benjamin Lee
Backstage, Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder was additionally requested about including Free Palestine to the tip of her speech. Right here she is:
Hannah Einbinder on saying “Free Palestine” in her Emmys acceptance speech.
“It’s my obligation as a Jewish individual to differentiate Jews from the state of Israel. Our faith and our tradition is such an vital and long-standing establishment that’s actually separate to this type… pic.twitter.com/FNVTji7VC3
— Selection (@Selection) September 15, 2025

Adrian Horton
I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the reunion of Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, stars of the mother-daughter cult traditional Gilmore Women – or, as Graham jokes, the little WB present that “took the season of fall hostage”.
On a recreation of their Stars Hole porch, the 2 humorously recall how the present, which premiered 25 years in the past subsequent month (!), was not terribly standard or celebrated in it’s time. “If there was a birthday on the Drew Carey present subsequent door, they might ship us leftover sheet cake,” Graham says.
“Principally, we have been bullied and ravenous,” Bledel jokes, earlier than Graham provides, barely extra critically: “However the one factor we did have was scripts.” A tantalizing style, for these of us who miss them collectively.
WINNER: The Studio – writing for a comedy sequence

Adrian Horton
Following Seth Rogen’s lead, the writers of The Studio – on a roll tonight with three awards up to now – hold it extraordinarily transient. They thank Seth and Evan Goldberg, and peace out. That’s a refund on the board!

Benjamin Lee
Right here’s a have a look at record-breaking Adolescence star Owen Cooper’s heartfelt speech:
WINNER: Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham (Adolescence) – writing for a restricted or anthology sequence

Adrian Horton
Adolescence is (rightly) on a roll now, as Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne take dwelling the writing award for a sequence that’s now being proven in secondary faculties throughout Europe.
“We haven’t anticipated our little program to have such a big effect, however we’re actually grateful that it did,” says Graham, additionally a nominee for lead actor tonight.
His comically a lot taller co-writer Thorne provides a be aware of thanks for the present’s adolescent actors: “You’re the flame that proves younger individuals are going to be OK, and we’re very grateful for you”.