Emmy Awards highlights: Tramell Tillman, Colbert wins and a teen who stepped out of his comfort zone
The Emmy Awards weren t all about Seth Rogen walking up the aisle in his burnt orange tux to collect yet another award It just sometimes seemed that way Rogen s The Studio won a total of Emmys current the all-time record for largest part wins for a comedy series Rogen himself won four tying the record for largest part Emmys won by a single individual in one night I m legitimately embarrassed Rogen admitted at one point But behind the undeniable march of The Studio were several other pieces of Emmy history The youngest male actor ever was crowned for the series Adolescence and Severance star Tramell Tillman became the first Black actor to win in his category And the up and down year of Stephen Colbert hit a high An adolescent makes history Owen Cooper shattered the Emmy record for youngest male acting winner The Adolescence star won best supporting actor in a limited or anthology series The Netflix four-part series which traces the emotional fallout after a U K teenage stabbing became a sensation a sort of version of last year s Bad Reindeer In his acceptance speech Cooper revealed he only started acting classes a scant years ago and encouraged those watching to step out of their comfort zones A couple years back I didn t expect to be in the United States let alone here Tonight proves if you listen you focus and you step out of your comfort zone you can achieve anything in life I was nothing three years ago I m here now he reported The record for youngest male actor had previously been held by Scott Jacoby who was when he won in the supporting drama actor trophy for The Certain Summer in The youngest Emmy winner ever is Roxana Zal who won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series in at age Cooper beat Javier Bardem Bill Camp Rob Delaney Peter Sarsgaard and his Adolescence co-star Ashley Walters Stephen Colbert going out with a bang The Late Show With Stephen Colbert won the award for best talk series for the first time just months after learning it was being canceled In July CBS broadcasted it was ending the show attributing the cause to financial reasons The series will go off the air in May Colbert who has hosted his show since was gracious thanking CBS for his shot and quoting from Prince s hit Let s Go Crazy If the elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy punch a higher floor Earlier in the night he turned his time as award presenter into a job ad getting a standing ovation as he approached the microphone to announce the winner of lead actor in a comedy series While I have your attention is anyone hiring Because I ve got very well-qualified candidates with me here tonight We ll be available in June he explained He then pulled out a resume and an old headshot but realized he only had the one copy Harrison Ford could you get this to Spielberg He ran over to Ford who seemed to promise he would Tramell Tillman charms Tramell Tillman made history but he made it all about his mom The Severance star became the first Black actor to win best supporting actor in a drama playing the creepy unnerving Seth Milchick Tillman thanked his first acting coach his mother who was also his date You remember what you want to remember You make time for what you want to make for Do the work Show up And majority importantly for the love of God don t embarrass me in society he revealed My first acting coach was tough y all but all great mothers are Tillman holding the statuette high added This is for you I am full I am humbled I am honored A fake ER worker honors the real ones Noah Wyle s narrative was just too powerful to deny After getting five nominations without a win for ER the actor came back to don scrubs years later and won his first Emmy for playing another emergency specialist on The Pitt Wyle thanked HBO Max and Warner Bros Television for allowing the conditions to exist for lightning to strike in my life twice And then he dedicated his award to those in the robustness care field To anybody who s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight thank you for being in that job This is for you Wyle reported A little politics CBS is likely wiping its grid forehead that a bitterly divided nation didn t make the Emmys a divisive place Yes Javier Bardem wore a kaffiyeh in backing of Palestinians and Television Academy Chairman Cris Abrego criticized Congress for voting to defund the Corporation for Masses Broadcasting But Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk were never mentioned on the broadcast and even Stephen Colbert never shy to mock the powerful stayed apolitical The the majority explosive it got was when Hacks star Hannah Einbinder ended her acceptance speech win with vocal assistance for the Philadelphia Eagles an expletive aimed at the U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and a call to free Palestine Speeches that cost a lot At the last Emmys host Anthony Anderson turned to his mother to enforce shorter acceptance speeches This year host Nate Bargatze used guilt He revealed he would pledge to the Boys Girls Clubs of America but that donation would shrink by for every second a winner exceeded their -second speech limit Specific winners went too long like Einbinder who promised to pay the difference and particular went purposely fast like John Oliver and Rogen to take advantage of a new rule Bargatze proposed Every second saved from the -second limit would get back In the end Bargatze promised to still donate not just the original amount but when adding CBS contribution came out to be a full Go to heaven a-shoutin Phylicia Rashad introduced the in memoriam section highlighting the loss of her TV son Malcolm Jamal Warner the Cosby Show star who died in July Like all our friends and colleagues who transitioned this past year Malcolm Jamal Warner remains in our hearts Then Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill sang a tender Go Rest High on That Mountain during the tribute which included Teri Garr Ozzy Osbourne Chuck Woolery Loni Anderson Bill Moyers George Wendt Loretta Swit Maggie Smith David Lynch Richard Chamberlain Linda Lavin Anne Burrell Michelle Trachtenberg and Quincy Jones Notable absences were Hulk Hogan and Polly Holliday Tributes tributes tributes The Emmys looked back by celebrating the anniversary of several shows including having Reba McEntire Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman performing the theme song of The Golden Girls for its th anniversary Jeff Probst was on hand to celebrate the th season of Survivor presenting the award for scripted variety series as if it was a tribal council meeting Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham stood in a replica of their Connecticut home set to celebrate Gilmore Girls a coming-of-age story blending wittiness with relatable family dynamics that celebrated its debut years ago Additional tributes honored Law Order s th anniversary featuring Ice-T Tony Goldwyn Mariska Hargitay S Epatha Merkerson and Christopher Meloni Grey s Anatomy the longest-running prime-time clinical drama in American television history was supposed to mark its th anniversary with appearances by Eric Dane and Jesse Williams Only Williams was there Dane revealed his ALS determination in April Ray Romano and Brad Garrett had a mini-reunion of Everybody Loves Raymond It was one of the night s funniest bits with both men sad about how long it had taken them to be back at the Emmys Garrett wondered if he d make the in memoriam section after he died If it s a slow year no doubt Romano communicated him For more coverage of this year s Emmy Awards visit https apnews com hub emmy-awards Source
