Four months later than originally scheduled due to theWGAandSAG-AFTRAstrikes, the 75thPrimetimeEmmyAwards finally showed up Monday night.
Of the latter, I get how no one wants to scratch that scab right now too soon.
Of the former, well, thats a bit complicated, isnt it?
Anthony Anderson at the 75th Primetime Emmy AwardsGetty
The man knows how to read a room, even a very large room.
Certainly, there were a lot of politics around Monday night.
They just really werent on TVs big night.
Successioncreator Jesse Armstrong and the cast and crew onstage MondayGetty Images
Counterprogramming on all the cable newsers, the deep-freezing GOP Iowa caucuses quickly a blowout forDonald Trump.
It was a good choice by Fox and the producers.
A very good choice, actually.
Anderson was very much Anthony Anderson, and that gave the show an identity it might have lacked otherwise.
Kicking off with aMr.
Nominated in the category, Applegate lost out to predictedwinnerQuinta BrunsonofAbbott Elementary.
Not that it was all been-there, done-that.
There was that joyous speech by Nash-Betts for herDahmer Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Storywin.
AsSuccession,The BearandBeefcleaned up, there was only the scale of the win to be determined.
By then we may have some real surprises and much more mention of the ballot box.
Lets have some more Anthony Anderson and his mama, too.
