Two down, three to go.
The Television Academy hosted the second night of its Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Tuesday, celebrating 16 categories of Variety programming, with further installments of the awards show scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday of this week.Expectations were (marginally) higher for the night celebrating Variety programming after Monday night’s show, the organization’s first attempt at a socially-distanced pseudo-ceremony, left plenty of room for improvement.
While the bobbles were relatively minor — a presenter’s hand was in full view while self-recording, a two-time winner had their pre-taped acceptance speech aired back-to-back, the In Memoriam was confusing and potentially exclusionary — they gave the entire production a cobbled-together air, but one easily fixed with a little editorial oversight.As for the latest batch of winners, there were very few snubs or surprises on paper.
Perennial favorites including HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and
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