"Schitt's Creek", "Watchmen" and "Estate" sacred to Emmys

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• Comedian Jimmy Kimmel presented the 72nd Emmy Awards almost alone outside a deserted Los Angeles venue.

• The sixth and final season of Canadian comedy Schitt's Creek achieved a grand slam the grand slam by winning all the awards in the comedy category, for a total of 7 Emmys.

• Watchmen

  wins four awards, a highly symbolic crowning achievement as America is rocked by a protest movement over the death of George Floyd.

• The creator of

  Succession

  , the flagship of HBO crowned best drama series, did not thank Donald Trump.

A private and almost 100% virtual red carpet ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel presented the 72nd Emmy Awards almost alone in front of a deserted Los Angeles room and in front of a screen where a hundred guests were filmed from their homes.

An event broadcast in France overnight from Saturday to Sunday on Sérieclub.

In order to avoid any technical problems, the Academy had dispatched to the some 130 talents in the running, a kit containing instructions for transmitting live images, a microphone, a laptop and a camera.

The five things to remember from this special edition.

The “Schitt's Creek” Grand Slam

The sixth and final season of Canadian comedy

achieved a grand slam the grand slam by winning all the awards in the comedy category, for a total of 7 Emmys.

The show crew gathered in Toronto for a private event.

All those named from

had been tested for Covid-19 and placed in solitary confinement for the occasion, the team said on its Twitter account.

Dan and Eugene Levy's Canadian comedy about a fallen privileged family reduced to living in a dilapidated motel, which airs on Pop TV in the United States, had little more than a cult following before Netflix began to stream its last two seasons.

Four awards for "Watchmen"

“When we asked ourselves what was the strongest emotional angst in America in 2019, we immediately thought of racial issues,” Damon Lindelof told 20 Minutes at the launch of

on HBO.

His

miniseries

, which began with the massacre of several hundred black residents of the city of Tulsa and which addresses the issue of racist violence and police brutality, was the big favorite of the Emmys with 26 nominations.

The miniseries won four emmys on the night from Sunday to Monday including the award for Best Miniseries, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Yahia Abdul-Mateen II and Best Actress for Regina King.

A highly symbolic crowning as America is rocked by a protest movement following the death of George Floyd.

“You have to vote.

I would be unworthy not to mention this, as a member of a show as visionary as Watchmen, ”said the actress who wore a t-shirt with the effigy of Breonna Taylor, a black American killed by the police.

"Our country forgets its history at its peril," said co-scriptwriter Cord Jefferson for his part.

"The fires are still burning and we have to put them out together," insisted showrunner Damon Lindelof.

"Succession" and its political message

HBO's new flagship,

, broadcast in France on OCS is a scathing and cynical satire of billionaire dynasties in the United States, which features a powerful family tearing themselves apart to take control of a media empire.

As

bowed out,

, one of the most relevant series of the Trump era, was the overwhelming favorite in the drama category.

Succession

unsurprisingly won the Emmy Award in the prestigious category.

The HBO production, also distinguished in three other categories for best director, best screenplay and best actor.

To everyone's surprise, it's not Brian Cox, who plays the patriarch of the Roy family who won the award, but Jeremy Strong, who plays his eldest son.

"I want to share my prize with Brian Cox," said the latter.

Jesse Armstrong, the British creator of the show, was keen not to say "thank you to the virus, to President Trump for his uncoordinated response, to Boris Johnson who did the same in our country and to the media moguls who do so much for them. maintain power.

A political pike that concluded a ceremony marked by support for the Black Lives Matter movement a stone's throw from the US presidential election.

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The main category winners of the 72nd annual Emmy Awards

- Best Dramatic Series: "Succession" (HBO)

- Best Comedy Series: "Schitt's Creek" (Pop TV / Netflix)

- Best mini-series: "Watchmen" (HBO)

- Best Actor in a Drama Series: Jeremy Strong, "Succession" (HBO)

- Best Actress in a Drama Series: Zendaya, "Euphoria" (HBO)

- Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Eugene Levy, "Schitt's Creek" (Pop TV / Netflix)

- Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Catherine O'Hara, "Schitt's Creek" (Pop TV / Netflix)

- Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-Series: Mark Ruffalo, “I know This Much Is True” (HBO)

- Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries: Regina King, "Watchmen" (HBO)

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