The Winners of the 72nd Primetime Emmy’s 2020
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held the past weekend on Sunday, September 20th, 2020 at 5PM at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, and were hosted by TV’s favorite talk show host Jimmy Kimmel to an empty stadium. HBO’s Watchmen received the most number of nominations at a whopping 11 categories, but Pop’s Schitt’s Creek won the most awards during the early part of the show in the Comedy categories.
This year, the show to receive the maximum number of Primetime Emmys is Pop’s “Schitt’s Creek” with a total of 7 Primetime and 9 Emmys, a Canadian comedy television series that aired for 6 seasons. Meanwhile, HBO’s “Succession” won 5 awards including for best drama series. For Schitt’s Creek’s Catherine O’Hara (Moira Rose), it was her first Emmy award, while Zendaya won an award as the youngest best lead actress in a drama for HBO’s “Euphoria”.
The Governor’s Award which recognizes extraordinary or cumulative accomplishments was granted to Tyler Perry, who gave a lovely speech about the experiences of Black Americans. Alongside him, one advertisement called on Hollywood for more inclusivity, with features including Billy Porter, Lin-Manuel Miranda and others reminding actors that they “are more than a splash of color” on the “white canvas” of Hollywood.
Besides the actual awards, there were a few other happenings that surprised guests, some of which were based around Jennifer Aniston. In the beginning of the show, Aniston joined Kimmel on stage who sprayed the award envelope with a dangerous amount of sanitiser, lit it on fire, and dropped it in a metal trash bin, followed by Aniston having to put it out multiple times after it lighting up over and over again!
Before leaving the stadium, Aniston was joined by “Friends” cast members Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow in a moment that gave fans one half of a Friends reunion, all of whom later gathered together to stream into the show.
Meanwhile, there were a few Emmy recipient reactions that had the fans and viewers probably close enough to be as happy and teary as the winners themselves. One such winner is Zendaya, who broke the record for the youngest best lead actress to win an Emmy at just 24 years old.
More #Emmys history tonight! At 24, @Zendaya is the youngest person to win for Lead Actress in a Drama Series! pic.twitter.com/AVUzIqyckH
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 21, 2020
Another winning team, the cast of Schitt’s Creek, showed their ecstasy at the numerous awards, with Dan Levy’s probably being the one that broke the internet, but his sister Sarah Levy’s reaction montage brought it back together.
Last night happened so that this montage of my sister’s reactions could exist. Love you, @sarahlevy_ . Wish you could have been there with us…but this is almost better? Thanks for capturing it @outerbridge_g. 😂 pic.twitter.com/qKCIcdZtjj
— dan levy (@danjlevy) September 21, 2020
Here are some of the main categories of awards and their winners from Sunday:
Comedy Categories:
Best Comedy: “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop)
Best Actress, Comedy: Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
Best Actor, Comedy: Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Writing for a Comedy Series: Daniel Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” (“Happy Ending”)
Directing for a Comedy Series: Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” (“Happy Ending”)
Drama Categories:
Best Drama: “Succession” (HBO)
Best Actress, Drama: Zendaya, “Euphoria”
Best Actor, Drama: Jeremy Strong, “Succession”
Writing for a Drama Series: Jesse Armstrong, “Succession” (“This Is Not for Tears”)
Directing for a Drama Series: Andrij Parekh, “Succession” (“Hunting”)
Limited Series Categories:
Best Limited Series: “Watchmen” (HBO)
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”
Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special: Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, “Watchmen” (“This Extraordinary Being”)
Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special: Maria Schrader, “Unorthodox”
Other Categories:
Television Movie: “Bad Education” (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)
Animated Program: “Rick and Morty” (Adult Swim)
Credit: Emmy Awards 2020
