The global coronavirus pandemic has forced numerous organizers of festivals, awards and similar events to cancel, postpone or move their events online. This fate did not escape the equivalent of the Oscars for television achievements, the Emmy Awards, which experienced its first virtual edition. The solemn ceremony was held the night before last and was broadcast online, and was marked by the reunited cast of one of the most popular TV comedies ever "Friends", the dystopian series based on the comic of the same name "Watchmen" and the young actress and singer Zendaya Mary Coleman, who was launched to stardom by the teenage "Euphoria" series.
For that role, Zendeja won the award for best actress in a drama series, and at the age of 24, she became the youngest actress in the history of the Emmys to be awarded that award in the aforementioned category.
Another HBO hit was in the spotlight next to the series “Euphoria”. Regarding the critics' favorite, the drama about the dysfunctional family of the American media magnate "Succession", which won the award for the best drama series, and Jeremy Strong, who plays one of the main roles in it, won the award for the best actor.
HBO's winning streak continued with the acclaimed "Watchmen", a kind of continuation of the story that the legendary Alan More launched in the graphic novel of the same name in the late 80s. The Emmy for the leading female role in this production went to Regina King, and Jaja Abdul Matin for the best supporting role. The series, which drew a lot of attention for its approach to issues related to race, also received the award for the best miniseries. This work had the most nominations, 26 of them.
"Bad Education", a comedy drama with Hugh Jackman in the lead role, which is based on a real scandal that happened at New York's Roslyn School, was declared the best television movie.
The biggest surprise at this year's Emmy Awards was the series "Schitt's Creek," which picked up awards for best comedy, best actor and actress in that genre (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) and best director. It was directed by Andrew Čividino and Dan Levy, and Levy won the award for Best Comedy Screenplay. The dominance of this comedy, which experienced an unexpectedly huge success, was rounded off by Ann Murphy and Dan Levy, who were awarded for the best supporting roles in a comedy.
The host of the Emmy Awards ceremony was one of America's most beloved presenters, Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the event in an empty hall and was broadcast by ABC. For this unprecedented edition, cameras were sent to the homes of 130 candidates, who were invited to compete with inventiveness in their speeches.
The audience and the media especially caught the eye of Jennifer Aniston with her perfect appearance, beautiful, tanned and smiling, appearing with her friends from the series "Friends" Lisa Kudrow and Courtney Cox, with a mask on her face and a glass of champagne in her hand.
The popular actress was herself nominated in the category of lead actress in a drama series for her role in the series "The Morning Show". Jimmy Kimmel invited Jennifer and was surprised to see that her colleagues from the series "Friends" were with her, as well as the actor Jason Bateman.
"Of course I'm here, we live together," replied the 56-year-old actress who played Monica Geller in the series.
"Jimmy, we've been roommates since 1994," Aniston continued the joke, and then Lisa appeared.
"Where else would we live?", asked the actress who made viewers around the world love the strange Phoebe Buffet.
The hosts kept their distance on stage, and backstage they adhered to protective measures by wearing visors, masks and gloves. Among those who were in the famous hall of the Staples Center, where the ceremony has been held all these years, in addition to the mentioned actresses from the series "Friends" and the host of Kimmel, there were also Tracee Ellis Ross, Laverne Cox, Zendaya, Cynthia Erivo and Jason Sudeikis.
The Emmy awards were awarded for the 72nd time in history, and will go down in history because the record number of these awards went to one comedy, namely the series "Schitt's Creek", which received a total of nine awards.
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