Succession, Schitt's Creek and Watchmen meet at pandemic Emmys

• Series.Watchmen leads nominations for Emmy, the first pandemic awards

There were no surprises at

in Emmys history.

in the drama category,

in comedy, and

in the mini-series section more than fulfilled their initial favoritism, on a night marked by the vicissitudes of the pandemic,

by teleconference.

Luckily for Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the gala, and the ABC network, there were no technical mishaps to regret.

They feared the worst before

but perfectly executed

.

Succession

, the great

broadcast on HBO, won seven awards, including the fat one of the night, the

He also won the award for best actor, for Jeremy Strong, and with the best director and best screenplay.

Only the secondary ones, Matthew MacFayden, Kieran Culkin, Nicholas Braun and Sarah Snook, failed, surpassed by Billy Cudrup for his role in

- in the first prize for Apple TV + - and by Julia Garner in the role of Ruth Langmore in

, Netflix, which for another year was left without one of the big awards despite being the platform that arrived with the most nominations.

"I want

for his shabby and uncoordinated response, nor to Boris Johnson for doing the same in my country. I want not to thank all the nationalist governments of the world for being the exact opposite of what we need, "said

, the creator of

, from his London home, at a gala that had numerous political references to a month and a half after the elections in the United States.

The night ended as expected, with

celebrating its two sublime seasons.

Much more surreal was the beginning.

The first seven prizes awarded went to members of the Canadian-dominated cast of

, gathered in a tent for a gala dinner in Toronto and

, prisoners of euphoria, as the awards fell .

They took the Emmy for

-for Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara-,

-Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy- and

awarded to Andrew Cividino and Levy himself.

It was a great night for Canada.

Never before have they swept a series like this.

According to a spokesperson for the Television Academy, Daniel Levy's four wins represented

for anyone during the main primetime broadcast.

"As a father, being able to work on camera for six years with my two children, Daniel and Sarah, is a pleasure and I couldn't be more proud," said Eugene Levy, co-creator of the series with his son Daniel, praising the exercise of " inclusion ", of" punishment for homophobia "and" the declaration of love "that the series that closed after six seasons has meant.

It was now or never for the comedy released by Pop TV and picked up by Netlifx later.

with nine statuettes in total.

didn't do badly either

.

Regina King, its protagonist,

as well as many other winners.

It was handed over to her while she was giving a speech, sitting on a couch, dressed in a Breonna Taylor T-shirt, the young woman killed by eight bullets by the police who broke into her home.

There were no surprises after signing possibly the best work of her career.

In addition to the best award for best actress and best limited series, Damon Lindelof's creation won nine more awards, adding the creative Emmys obtained before the gala.

She was

of the night with 26.

All this between a considerable chamber dance.

The invention of setting up

to hold a virtual gala was successful, led by an effective and agile Kimmel as master of ceremonies.

He had curious moments during the awards that he himself baptized as

making a play on words.

At first he made the staff believe that he was bypassing all security protocols by showing a staples Center overcrowded, like any other year.

He created confusion on social media by

Obviously it was a montage that he unmasked a few minutes later after the usual jokes.

Already with the empty stadium in the background, he turned the taunt on Trump and his followers.

"This is not a MAGA (Make America Great Again) rally. This is the Emmys."

In fact, he tried to be the opposite, while still taunting the situation.

The

winners

were presented with the Emmys by a lady dressed in a black anti radiation suit.

Jason Sudeikis, one of the few presenters physically present at the Staples Center,

And it had the complicity of the nominees, such as Jennifer Aniston - defeated at the awards, once again - who put out a fire on stage.

Kimmel was successful, praised by the big American media immediately, thanks to a bet that may

that are to be held in the coming months.

This award-winning business has only just begun.

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