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After both the writers’ and actors’ strikes were resolved late last year, Hollywood is back to work, and the much-anticipated and much-delayed 75th Annual Emmy Awards have finally taken place. The Emmys are usually held in September, but because of the strikes, they were moved to the middle of Hollywood’s awards season, and less conventionally, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Anthony Anderson, an actor and comedian who has hosted many Emmys before and has been nominated for several accolades for his work on Black-ish, served as the event’s host this year. Since this was the awards’ diamond jubilee and the producers were keen to put on a spectacle, he had a difficult task ahead of him. Here is a sum-up of some of the best moments from this year’s Emmy Awards.
Christina Applegate received a standing ovation as she went on stage and spoke about her appearances in Married… With Children, Samantha Who?, Dead to Me, and as a baby on Days of Our Lives. Applegate revealed her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021. She teased that by « standing up, » the crowd was « shaming » her impairment, and she chastised them for their applause, saying, « You don’t have to applaud me every time I do something! » As per People, while shooting the third and final season of Dead to Me in August 2021, 52-year-old Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Sadie Grace LeNoble, the star’s favorite plus-one and adolescent daughter, accompanied her, and they both wore matching mother-daughter outfits.
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Quinta Brunson, who played Philadelphia schoolteacher Janine Teagues in Abbott Elementary, won the award for best lead actress in a comedy, making history as the first Black female to do so in 42 years. Isabel Sanford, who starred in The Jeffersons, was the last Black woman to earn the honor in 1961. She said during her speech, « Thank you so much just I don’t know why I’m so emotional, I think just like, the Carol Burnett of it all. Thank you so much I love making Abbott Elementary so much and I am so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy, and I say it every time and I just love comedy so much that I am so happy to be able to get this. »
Fans were treated to many cast reunions throughout the program, as previous co-stars reunited as presenters. Joining former costars Ellen Pompeo, James Pickens Jr., and Chandra Wilson on stage in front of a hospital room, Original Grey’s cast members Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers—who departed the show in 2010 and 2020, respectively—presented the award for outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or film.
