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>> Robin: WE GOOD?

OKAY.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

>> Announcer: THE EMMYS, TV'S

BIGGEST PARTY.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> Announcer: WE'VE GOT THE

STARS EARLY.

>> WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS HOSTING

THE EMMYS?

GET OUT THERE AND DON'T BOMB!

>> Announcer: WITH ROBIN

ROBERTS, WE'RE CELEBRATING

LEGENDS.

>> Robin: CAROL BURNETT, LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN.

>> Announcer: AND A NIGHT OF

FIRSTS.

>> MAKING HISTORY, THE FIRST

BLACK WOMAN TO RECEIVE AN EMMY

NOMINATION FOR DIRECTING FOR A

DRAMA SERIES.

>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,

YOU ARE BOTH EMMY NOMINEES.

>> YEAH, FOR THE FIRST TIME

EVER.

>> WELCOME TO THE VAN RHIJN

HOUSE.

>> Announcer: THE

BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES YOU'LL

ONLY FIND OUT HERE.

>> OOH, DO TELL.

>> YERRR!

WHAT IT DO CAMERA CREW?

>> Announcer: FROM "ABBOTT" --

>> I HAD TO OPEN MY BIG MOUTH.

>> T, YOU'RE GOOD ON T-BONE.

>> YES, CHEF.

>> Announcer: TO "THE BEAR."

>> IT LOOKS CHAOTIC.

IT IS WELL THOUGHT OUT.

>> Announcer: "SHOGUN" --

>> IT IS LIKE A MIRACLE.

>> Announcer: TO "ONLY

MURDERS" --

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU GUYS

TO WATCH MERYL SING THAT SONG?

>> I HAVE TO TOUCH HER.

>> Announcer: YOUR BACKSTAGE

PASS

>> Y'ALL BETTER NOT LET ME WIN.

>> Announcer: FOR THE LAUGHS --

>> NOBODY'S GONNA TAKE THIS

SERIOUSLY.

>> THE TEARS --

>> OH MY GOSH!

>> Announcer: AND THE SURPRISES

NO ONE SAW COMING.

>> WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?

>> OH WOW!

>> Announcer: IT'S THE "THE 76th

EMMYS: A NIGHT OF FIRSTS."

>> Robin: THE SHOWS TRANSPORTING

FROM JAPAN TO A CHICAGO KITCHEN

TO A MURDER PRONE NEW YORK CITY

APARTMENT BUILDING TO "ABBOTT

ELEMENTARY," ALL SHOWING A LOT

OF HEAT AND TONS OF TALENT,

ESPECIALLY FROM THE FIRST-TIME

NOMINEES.

THIS YEAR IS ONE FOR THE

RECORDS.

FROM MOVIE STARS RYAN GOSLING,

PAUL RUDD, AND NAOMI WATTS, TO

MUSIC LEGENDS LIONEL RICHIE AND

USHER.

SO MANY SHINING STARS ARE

SURPRISINGLY GETTING THEIR FIRST

NOMINATIONS, AND FIRST WINS AT

LAST WEEKEND'S CREATIVE ARTS

EMMYS.

>> WOW, MY FIRST EMMY.

>> WE PULLED THE SECURITY TAPE.

>> Robin: "FARGO'S"

15 NOMINATIONS INCLUDE FIRST

TIME NOMINEE AND FAN FAVORITE,

LAMORNE MORRIS FOR OUTSTANDING

SUPPORTING ACTOR.

>> AND FOR THE RECORD THAT'S

JUST REALITY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, EMMY NOMINEE

LAMORNE MORRIS.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THAT'S -- THAT'S HOW PEOPLE

SHOULD START ADDRESSING ME.

>> IS THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S

HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA -- LIKE,

THAT RING?

>> IT'S CRAZY.

>> Robin: A COMEDY VETERAN BEST

KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE ON "NEW GIRL"

BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS A JOKE TO

LAMORNE.

THIS EMOTIONAL, VIRAL TIKTOK OF

THE MOMENT HE LEARNED HE WAS

NOMINATED.

>> DADDY.

>> YES, BABY, DADDY'S CRYING.

>> WHAT PROPELLED YOU TO WANT TO

SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE?

>> I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU

KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING

FOR MY DAUGHTER TO LOOK AT ONE

DAY.

I KEPT THE VIDEO JUST FOR US.

BUT THEN I JUST THOUGHT TO

MYSELF, PEOPLE NEED TO SEE

PEOPLE WITH TEARS OF JOY.

PEOPLE NEED TO CRY.

>> YOU'RE KNOWN FOR YOUR COMEDIC

CHOPS, BUT TO GET THE EMMY NOM

FOR A MORE SERIOUS ROLE HAS TO

MEAN A LOT.

>> WHEN YOU GET A NOMINATION,

IT'S A BIT OF A VALIDATION THAT

SAYS, SHUT UP.

YOU ARE -- YOU ARE RIGHT WHERE

YOU NEED TO BE.

YOU ARE DOING THE THINGS YOU

NEED TO BE DOING.

A WIN WOULD SAY SOMETHING

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BECAUSE

THEN NOW IT'S SPEEDBOATS AND

PRIVATE JETS.

IF I WIN, OH, FORGET ABOUT IT.

Y'ALL BETTER LET ME WIN.

>> SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING

FORWARD TO THAT NIGHT?

>> MY MOM'S MY DATE.

>> OH, THAT'S SO SWEET.

>> YEAH, MY MOM'S MY DATE.

ZOE KRAVITZ IS UNAVAILABLE,

'CAUSE APPARENTLY, SHE'S ENGAGED

TO SOMEBODY.

MY MOM WAS THE SECOND OPTION.

>> Robin: IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING

YEAR. NETFLIX AND WARNER

BROTHERS/DISCOVERY ALL GARNERING

MORE THAN 100 NOMINATIONS EACH.

AND LEADING THE PACK, DISNEY.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT

183 NOMINATIONS, WHAT DOES IT

SAY ABOUT THIS ERA OF TELEVISION

MAKING?

>> I THINK IT SAYS THAT PEOPLE

HAVE AN ENORMOUS APPETITE FOR

GREAT STORIES.

THEY WANT TO DISAPPEAR INTO

THEM.

THEY WANT TO ESCAPE.

THEY WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED.

AND THE JOURNEYS THEY GO ON ARE

SO INCREDIBLE.

>> Robin: WE JOURNEY 2,500 MILES

FROM THE GLITZ OF THE RED CARPET

TO SEE THE OASIS WHICH INSPIRED

THE CREATIVE MINDS OF THIS

YEAR'S MOST NOMINATED SERIES.

>> WE'RE HERE ON OUR PORCH ON

MAUI, AND IT'S WHERE WE LIVE AND

RAISE OUR KIDS.

>> THIS LOOKS GOOD FOR US TO

PICK.

>> IT'S WHERE WE RAISE OUR

ANIMALS, OUR MANY, MANY ANIMALS.

>> Robin: AND IT'S HERE WHERE

HUSBAND AND WIFE RACHEL KONDO

AND JUSTIN MARKS, LEARNED

"SHOGUN" HAD BEEN NOMINATED FOR

A WHOPPING 25 EMMYS INCLUDING

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES.

>> WE WOKE UP EARLY AND IT WAS

STILL DARK OUTSIDE AND, I MEAN,

MY MOUTH WAS AGAPE AND I JUST

COULDN'T STOP ALMOST GIGGLING

BECAUSE IT FELT VERY SURREAL.

>> IT TOOK RACHEL AND JUSTIN

10 YEARS TO GET "SHOGUN" FROM

DEVELOPMENT ONTO THE SCREEN, AND

I THINK THE AUDIENCE FEELS THAT.

THEY FEEL THEIR INVESTMENT.

GIVEN HOW MUCH OF IT IS IN

JAPANESE AND SUBTITLED, TO ASK A

GLOBAL AUDIENCE TO STICK WITH IT

ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE

10 EPISODES, AND THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT THEY DID.

>> WE KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT

WE BELIEVED IN.

AND WE SET OUT EARLY IN THIS

PROCESS TO TELL A STORY AT A

LEVEL OF AUTHENTICITY THAT WE

FELT HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN

HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION.

>> Robin: AND FIVE MEMBERS OF

THE CAST ARE FIRST-TIME NOMINEES

INCLUDING HIROYUKI SANADA WHO IS

UP FOR OUTSTANDING ACTOR, AS

WELL AS PRODUCER.

>> IT'S A LOT FOR ME.

THE, YOU KNOW, FIRST NOMINATION

OF COURSE AND THEN IT WAS MY

FIRST LEADING ROLE IN HOLLYWOOD.

SO, YEAH, IT'S CRAZY.

LUCKILY, AS A PRODUCER, I COULD

HIRE JAPANESE CREW WHO HAS

EXPERIENCE FOR THE SAMURAI DRAMA

MAKING.

BECAUSE, PROPS, COSTUME, WIG,

EVERYTHING HAD TO BE CORRECT.

I HAD A GREAT TEAM.

YOU KNOW, DREAM TEAM.

>> Robin: AFTER HER HISTORIC

OSCAR NOMINATION FOR "KILLERS OF

THE FLOWER MOON," LILY GLADSTONE

IS NOW MAKING HISTORY AGAIN

CELEBRATING HER FIRST EMMY NOD

FOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN THE

HULU MINISERIES, "UNDER THE

BRIDGE."

>> I WAS HONESTLY PRETTY BLOWN

AWAY WHEN I HEARD THAT THE

NOMINATION HAD COME IN.

>> Robin: LILY SHARES THE

CATEGORY WITH HER FRIEND

KALI REIS WHO'S NOMINATED FOR

"TRUE DETECTIVE."

THE FIRST INDIGENOUS ACTRESSES

>> I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I'M NOT

THE ONLY ONE WHO'S SHARING THAT

IN THIS CATEGORY THIS YEAR.

IT'S SO NICE TO BE CARRYING THE

WEIGHT OF THAT HISTORIC

RESPONSIBILITY, I GUESS, WITH

ANOTHER SISTER.

>> Robin: NOMINATED ALONGSIDE

THEM IS "BABY REINDEER'S"

NAVA MAU, THE FIRST

TRANSGENDERED PERSON IN THAT

CATEGORY.

>> YOU STOPPED ME CALLING THE

NIGHT SHE ATTACKED ME.

YOU STOPPED EVERYONE CALLING.

>> TO BE THE FIRST SIMPLY MEANS

THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS, I'M THE

FIRST TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

AND THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT THAT

IT TAKES TO REACH A MILESTONE

LIKE THIS.

>> Robin: AND MAKING HISTORY

BEHIND THE CAMERA IS SALLI

RICHARDSON WHITFIELD FOR HER

WORK ON THE HBO SERIES "WINNING

TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS

DYNASTY."

>> THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO

RECEIVE AN EMMY NOMINATION FOR

DIRECTING, FOR A DRAMA SERIES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS

THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN, OF COURSE

I WAS EXCITED, BUT I WAS

SADDENED TOO BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE

IT COULDN'T BE.

I THINK IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE I

FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT OPEN THE

DOORS FOR MANY OTHER WOMEN TO

GET THIS HONOR.

>> EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR,

THAT IS RARE IN ITSELF.

BUT THEN BLACK WOMAN AS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR

ON A PROJECT, THIS IS RAREFIED

AIR.

>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE

REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE ME AS

DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

OF A SHOW LIKE "WINNING TIME"

BECAUSE IT'S SPORTS, IT'S

SPORTS.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN PART OF WHY

I'VE CHALLENGED MYSELF.

>> Robin: FROM THE RISE OF THE

LAKERS TO THE RISE OF NEW YORK

SOCIETY, SALLI HAS ANOTHER

NOMINATION TO BE EXCITED ABOUT

HBO'S "THE GILDED AGE", FOR

WHICH SHE IS ONE OF THE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS.

THE SHOW, SET IN THE 19th

CENTURY IS NOMINATED FOR SIX

EMMYS INCLUDING OUTSTANDING

DRAMA.

>> OH, WELCOME TO THE VAN RHIJN

HOUSE.

>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

YOU HAVE TRANSPORTED ME TO

THE 1880s, DARLING.

>> ISN'T IT GORGEOUS?

>> WOW.

>> IT'S JUST SO PERFECT.

AND YOU WOULD NEVER THINK YOU

WERE ON A STAGE.

>> WHO TAUGHT YOU TO WRITE LIKE

THIS?

>> THE INSTITUTE FOR COLORED

YOUTH IN PHILADELPHIA, BUT I

KNOW IT WELL.

>> Reporter: AND AS FOR MAKING

HER OWN HISTORY --

>> I'M JUST EXCITED BECAUSE I

THINK THAT PEOPLE SEE ME.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANT.

>> Announcer: NEXT, FROM "ONLY

MURDERS," WE'VE GOT NOT ONLY

MERYL, BUT A LOT OF LAUGHS.

>> I DID FEEL THE NEED TO LAUGH,

AND I THOUGHT TWO OF MY

FAVORITE --

>> SAY IT.

MONKEYS.

>> Announcer: WHEN WE COME BACK.

>> Robin: NO WAY I COULD HAVE

ALL THE FUN.

IT'S NICE TO SHARE.

MY ABC COLLEAGUE CHRIS CONNELLY

GOT TO HANG OUT WITH SOME OF THE

STARS AND DO I MEAN STARS.

>>> THE EMMY GOES TO --

MERYL STREEP, "ANGELS IN

AMERICA."

♪ LET'S CELEBRATE ♪

>> AND THE WINNER IS

MERYL STREEP.

>> MERYL STREEP!

>> Reporter: THE MOST ADMIRED

AND ACCLAIMED ACTRESS OF HER

GENERATION, AND YOURS.

>> THERE ARE SOME DAYS WHERE I

MYSELF THINK THAT I AM

OVERRATED.

>> Reporter: MERYL STREEP HAS

WON EMMYS FOR SUCH DRAMAS AS

1975'S "HOLOCAUST."

THE THREE-TIME EMMY-WINNING

STREEP IS NOMINATED YET AGAIN

FOR SEASON THREE OF THE

STEVE MARTIN, MARTIN SHORT,

SELENA GOMEZ MYSTERY-SOLVING

HULU COMEDY, "ONLY MURDERS IN

THE BUILDING."

>> I HAVEN'T WORN THIS TUX SINCE

THE EMMYS IN 1987.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH THE

THREE "ONLY MURDERS" LEADS

PLAYING A PART THAT MERYL SAYS

SHE ASKED FOR, BECAUSE SHE WAS

SAD.

>> MERYL, WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE

PART OF THIS ENSEMBLE WITH ALL

THE CHOICES THAT PRESENT

THEMSELVES TO YOU?

>> THE TRUTH IS THAT THE WORLD

WAS GETTING TO ME.

IT WAS SORT OF -- I WAS FEELING

OVERWHELMED BY DARK EVENTS.

I DID FEEL THE NEED TO LAUGH,

AND I THOUGHT TWO OF MY

FAVORITE --

>> SAY IT.

MONKEYS.

>> -- PEOPLE.

I CALLED YOU GUYS UP AND I SAID,

IS THERE EVER ANY PROJECT THAT

YOU WOULD WANT TO DO OR

SOMETHING?

AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T

YOU DO OUR SHOW?

>> Reporter: STREEP CAST AS THE

ENIGMATIC LORETTA, WHO PERFORMS

IN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL WHICH

FRAMES THE "ONLY MURDERS"

SEASON, PROVIDING THE CHANCE FOR

SOME MERYL MAGIC TO SHINE, AS IN

THIS MOMENT WHEN SHE SANG THE

BALLAD WRITTEN FOR HER CHARACTER

ENTITLED "LOOK FOR THE LIGHT."

>> THEY PLAYED ME THIS BEAUTIFUL

LULLABY AND IT MADE ME CRY,

FIRST TIME I HEARD IT.

♪ SO DARLING MY DARLING

LOOK FOR THE LIGHT ♪

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU GUYS

TO WATCH MERYL SING THAT SONG

FOR THE FIRST TIME?

>> I CRIED.

>> OH, IT'S PHENOMENAL.

>> THAT MOMENT WAS ONE OF THE

MOST MAGICAL MOVIE MOMENTS I'VE

EVER HAD.

IT'S JUST ALL GENUINE.

IT WAS ASTOUNDING.

I THOUGHT, THIS IS A SPECIAL

MOMENT.

>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HEAR THAT?

>> THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

THANK YOU.

NO, I MEAN IT.

♪ WHICH OF THE

PICKWICK TRIPLETS DID IT ♪

>> Reporter: COMPOSERS

BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL

WINNING THE CREATIVE ARTS EMMY

FOR WRITING THAT PATTER SONG FOR

STEVE MARTIN'S CHARACTER, GIVING

THEM AN EGOT.

♪ GOT TO PICK WHICH TRIPLET DID

IT ♪

>> I SAY I'M THE FACE OF THE

SONG, BUT THEY'RE REALLY THE

CREATIVE PEOPLE.

AN EGOT IS A FANTASTIC THING.

I HAVE AN EGOTN.

>> WHAT'S THAT?

>> EMMY, GRAMMY, OSCAR, AND TONY

NOMINATION.

>> NO, IT DOESN'T COUNT.

>> IT DOESN'T COUNT?

>> YOU ARE AN EMMY, GRAMMY,

OSCAR, AND IT'S APPROPRIATE.

HE IS AN EGO.

>> AN EGO.

YEAH.

>> MY EGO ISN'T SO DELICATE THAT

I NEED RANDOM VALIDATION FROM AN

EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR!

>> SELENA, YOU ARE ALSO NOW THE

MOST NOMINATED LATINA PRODUCER

IN THE HISTORY OF THE EMMYS.

>> I AM.

>> HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

>> THAT TRULY MAKES ME FEEL

EMOTIONAL, AND I HOPE I'M MAKING

MY DAD PROUD.

AND TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LATINA

WHO'S IN THE INDUSTRY, I'M PROUD

TO REPRESENT THAT.

>> WANT TO MAKE A PODCAST WITH

ME?

>> reporter: IT'S ALSO THE FIRST

TIME THAT SELENA HAS BEEN

NOMINATED FOR HER PERFORMANCE,

AND SHE'S NOT THE SHOW'S ONLY

FIRST-TIME FEMALE PERFORMER

NOMINEE.

BECAUSE GUESS WHO IS IN GUEST

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY?

>> THE KILLER IS SOMEONE IN THIS

ROOM.

>> YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR FIRST

EMMY NOMINATION.

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN YOU ENDED YOUR

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR THE

OSCARS, I THINK YOU SAID, I PRAY

TO GOD I GET TO DO THIS ONE MORE

TIME.

YOU DIDN'T ADD THIS YEAR.

>> I KNOW.

ISN'T THAT SO?

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT AMAZING

MOMENT HAPPENED AND MAYBE, YOU

KNOW, THREE, FIVE, TEN YEARS

FROM NOW I'LL HOPEFULLY GET

ANOTHER INTERESTING PROJECT.

FIVE MONTHS?

NO, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT, TO GET

NOMINATED FOR SOMETHING FIVE

MONTHS LATER.

IT'S WILD.

>> Reporter: MORE WILDNESS.

ONE OF DA'VINE'S CO-NOMINEES IN

GUEST ACTRESS IS PART OF A WIFE

AND HUSBAND COUPLE WHO'VE

SNAGGED THEIR FIRST SIMULTANEOUS

HIS-AND-HERS EMMY NOMS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF

YOU ON YOUR NOMINATIONS.

>> reporter: FOR "IT'S ALWAYS

SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA'S"

20 YEARS, KAITLIN OLSON AND

ROB McELHENNEY HAVE BEEN

OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY TOGETHER.

>> I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE THIS

AMAZING ROMANCE AND YOU GET TO

DO THINGS ON THIS SHOW, LIKE --

>> YOU DANCE LIKE ONE OF THOSE

INFLATABLE THINGS OUTSIDE OF A

USED CAR LOT.

>> I LOOK GOOD.

>> YEAH.

WELL, TO BE FAIR TO THEM, THAT

KINDA IS HOW I DANCE.

>> WE PULL A LOT FROM REAL LIFE.

NOT EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: REAL LIFE FINDS

THESE TWO ON THE SET OF

KAITLIN'S NEW ABC SHOW

"HIGH POTENTIAL."

AND NOW, ROB'S EMMY-NOMINATED

FOR HIS DOCUSERIES "WELCOME TO

WREXHAM" ON FX, ABOUT THE

UNDERDOG WELSH SOCCER CLUB HE

CO-OWNS WITH RYAN REYNOLDS.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A

FOOTBALL DOCUMENTARY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A SPORTS

DOCUMENTARY.

I WANTED TO MAKE A SHOW THAT WAS

A LOVE LETTER TO THE WORKING

CLASS.

>> NOW WE HAVE TO GO TO LEAGUE

TWO.

>> THAT'S RIGHT!

>> I LOVE YA, BUDDY.

>> Reporter: KAITLIN'S

NOMINATION ONE OF A BUNDLE

EARNED BY THE EMMY JUGGERNAUT

"HACKS," AS THE UNCENSORABLE

DAUGHTER OF JEAN SMART'S

DEBORAH VANCE.

>> THIS IS MY CORNELL ADMISSIONS

ESSAY ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> I WROTE YOU A GORGEOUS ESSAY.

>> I JUST THINK THAT "HACKS" IS

SO SPECIAL BECAUSE IT IS VERY

CHALLENGING TO WRITE A

TELEVISION SHOW THAT IS A

COMEDY, BUT IS ALSO REALLY BASED

IN SOME GROUNDED EMOTION.

>> NEWSFLASH, MOM, I'M STRONGER

THAN YOU THINK, AND I'M GOING TO

DO THE ROAST MY WAY, AND I'M

GOING TO CRUSH IT.

>> I THINK WE GOT HALFWAY

THROUGH THE EPISODE AND I PAUSED

IT BECAUSE I FELT BOTH

ADMIRATION AND AWE AND DESPAIR

BECAUSE I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH

IT.

>> Reporter: ROB HAD SOMETHING

TO DO WITH THIS, THOUGH, A

UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM WIN

FOR "WELCOME TO WREXHAM" ON FX,

HIS SECOND.

AT LAST WEEKEND'S CREATIVE ARTS

EMMYS, WHERE IN A CROWDED FIELD,

IT WAS JAMIE LEE CURTIS WINNING

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY.

BUT A NOMINATION IS FOREVER, AND

THERE IS NO MISTAKING THAT EMMY

EUPHORIA.

>> Announcer: NEXT, A LIVING

LEGEND WHO DIDN'T PLAN TO ACT?

>> IF THERE'D BEEN A MAJOR IN

JOURNALISM, I WOULDN'T BE --

>> YOU WOULD BE SITTING HERE ON

THIS SIDE.

>> Announcer: COMING UP.

>>> FROM TELEVISION CITY, IT'S

"THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW."

>> Robin: MUCH LIKE ON HER

"CAROL BURNETT SHOW," WHATEVER

DOOR THE LEGEND WALKS THROUGH,

SHE IS WARMLY WELCOMED.

>> CAROL BURNETT, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, CAROL BURNETT.

>> Robin: SHE'S THE BELOVED

GRANDE DAME OF PHYSICAL COMEDY.

>> THE GOWN IS GORGEOUS.

>> THANK YOU.

I SAW IT IN THE WIND, AND I JUST

COULDN'T RESIST IT.

>> Robin: HER ICONIC

"CAROL BURNETT SHOW" EARNED AN

INCREDIBLE 25 PRIMETIME EMMY

AWARDS DURING ITS 11 YEAR RUN.

>> AHHHHHHH.

>> CAROL BURNETT.

>> YES.

>> WHAT A PRIVILEGE!

YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HEAR THIS

ALL THE TIME, WE USED TO WATCH

YOUR SHOW ALL THE TIME.

>> I ALWAYS SAY, YOU WERE THE

ONE.

>> OH, NO.

SO MANY.

>> OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> BUT IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL

TIME FOR -- AND I CAN JUST HEAR

THE LAUGHTER.

YOU WERE ABLE TO CHANGE THE

COURSE OF COMEDY FOR WOMEN.

YOU REALLY WERE A TRAILBLAZER IN

MANY WAYS.

YOU TALK ABOUT GROWING UP IN

HOLLYWOOD.

I MEAN, THIS WAS, LIKE, YOUR

PLAYGROUND, WASN'T IT?

>> BLOCK NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD

BOULEVARD.

I LIVED ON WILCOX AND YUCCA

STREET, AND WE USED TO CLIMB THE

HOLLYWOOD SIGN.

>> I HEAR THE "O" WAS YOUR

FAVORITE.

>> YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK.

>> YES.

BUT WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE "O"?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

THERE WAS SOME RICKETY

SCAFFOLDING THAT WAS REAL OLD.

WELL, WE GOT SPLINTERS ON THE

WAY UP AND ON THE WAY DOWN, BUT

THE "Os" WERE THE EASIEST TO

CLIMB UP TO.

WE'D HANG OVER THE LETTERS AND

LOOK ALL OVER HOLLYWOOD, YOU

KNOW.

IT WAS JUST -- WE HAD A GREAT

TIME.

>> Robin: CAROL IS NOW HAVING

THE TIME OF HER LIFE, PLAYING

NORMA DELLACORTE ON THE APPLE TV

PLUS SERIES, "PALM ROYALE" --

>> I REMEMBER THE YEAR THAT

NORMA MADE HER ENTRANCE AS

BOTTICELLI'S VENUS IN A CLAM

SHELL OF REAL PEARLS.

>> Robin: -- WHERE HER

INCREDIBLE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

AND YEARS OF PHYSICAL COMEDY ARE

FRONT AND CENTER.

>> AH, LOOK AT YOU TWO, STARING

AT EACH OTHER LIKE A COUPLE OF

LOVE BIRDS.

WHAT IS EXACTLY GOING ON BETWEEN

YOU TWO ANYWAY?

>> Robin: IN THIS SOAPY SERIES

HER CHARACTER SPENDS MOST OF THE

SHOW COMING OUT OF A COMA AND

UNABLE TO TALK.

>> WEH-WAH-WAH.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT

WAH-WAH-WAH-WAH IS.

>> WEH-WAH-WAH.

>> Robin: CAROL'S NOMINATED FOR

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS

IN A COMEDY SERIES.

AND AT AGE 91, IF CAROL WINS,

SHE WOULD SET A RECORD.

>> IF YOU SHOULD WIN ON SUNDAY,

YOU WILL BE MAKING HISTORY AS

THE OLDEST WOMAN --

>> REALLY?

>> -- TO WIN THE EMMY.

YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS

SEVEN DECADES.

COULD YOU EVER IMAGINE THAT

YOU'D BE IN THIS POSITION?

>> NO, NO, NOT AT -- I

REMEMBER -- OH, GOSH, THE FIRST

EMMY THAT I GOT WAS 1962.

THAT WAS "GARRY MOORE."

>> OH, DEAR, HOW LOVELY.

CAROL BURNETT.

>> Robin: A THEN 29-YEAR-OLD

CAROL BURNETT FIRST ROSE TO FAME

ON "THE GARRY MOORE VARIETY

SHOW."

>> I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO

SAY.

FROM MY MOUTH, THAT'S SOMETHING.

>> I WAS STUNNED WHEN -- YEAH,

THAT WAS MY -- MY FIRST ONE.

THE FIRST AWARD I EVER GOT WAS

1952 WHEN I WAS AT UCLA.

>> OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER?

IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> MOST OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER.

>> THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT

YOU.

EMMYS, GOLDEN GLOBE, MEDAL OF

FREEDOM, TONY, GRAMMY, AND THEN

YOU GO BACK TO THAT AWARD.

>> THAT'S MY FAVORITE ONE.

>> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, JUST BECAUSE I NEVER

EXPECTED IT.

I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE AN -- A

PERFORMER AT ALL.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS I WAS EDITOR

OF MY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PAPER

AND HOLLYWOOD HIGH PAPER, AND I

THOUGHT I WOULD GO INTO

JOURNALISM.

SO WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO

UCLA, I WANTED TO MAJOR IN

JOURNALISM, BUT THERE WAS NO

MAJOR.

SO, I GOT THE CATALOG AND I

COULD TAKE THE PLAYWRITING

COURSE 'CAUSE I WANTED TO WRITE.

AND THEN SOME KIDS CAME UP.

THEY HAD WRITTEN SOME ONE ACTS

AND STUFF AND SAID, WOULD YOU BE

IN A ONE ACT?

AND SO I WENT, YEAH, OKAY.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT OPENED UP

EVERYTHING.

THEN ONE FRIEND SAID, CAN YOU

CARRY A TUNE?

I SAID, I THINK SO.

AND I DID THAT AND THEN I

THOUGHT I WANT TO BE IN MUSICAL

COMEDY.

BUT IT WAS ALL, ROBIN, AN

ACCIDENT.

IF THERE'D BEEN A MAJOR IN

JOURNALISM, I WOULDN'T BE --

>> YOU'D BE SITTING HERE.

>> -- SITTING HERE.

>> ON THIS SIDE.

>> OH, WOW.

>> IS THERE ANYBODY THAT YOU ARE

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING?

>> EVERYBODY.

I'M A STARGAZER.

>> STILL?

>> OH, STILL.

OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

>> Robin: CAROL HAS SAID THAT IN

ALL HER YEARS, THERE IS STILL

ONE PERSON SHE'D LOVE TO WORK

WITH AND HAS NEVER HAD THE

CHANCE.

>> YOU HAVE WORKED WITH SO MANY.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT

THE ONE PERSON THAT YOU STILL

WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH IS

MERYL STREEP.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> WELL, WE HAPPEN TO HAVE

MERYL STREEP IN THIS SPECIAL AS

WELL, AND SHE DOES HAVE A

MESSAGE FOR YOU, CAROL BURNETT.

>> NO.

>> AND HERE IT IS.

>> YOU'RE NOMINATED IN THE SAME

CATEGORY AS CAROL BURNETT.

>> OH, THE GREAT.

>> AND SHE HAS BEEN ASKED IF

THERE'S ANYONE SHE CAN WORK WITH

WHOM SHE'S NEVER WORKED WITH

YET, IT WOULD BE YOU.

>> REALLY?

OH, MY.

WELL, I'M AVAILABLE CURRENTLY,

CAROL.

>> OH, NO.

>> WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT HER IN

YOUR MIND?

>> WELL, IT IS THAT SPIRIT WHERE

SHE MAKES THINGS FUNNY, BUT IT'S

NOT CRUEL.

SHE FINDS COMPASSION AND MAKES

FUN OF HERSELF, BUT NOT -- IT'S

NOT -- JUST JUST GOOD HEARTED.

>> I'M GONNA CRY.

OH.

OH, I'M GONNA DIE HAPPY.

THAT WAS SO SWEET.

I TREASURE THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID THIS TO

YOU, YOU'RE OUR FRIEND.

YOU ARE A FRIEND.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO

FOLKS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW

YOU, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE

GROWN UP WITH YOU?

>> I'D SAY THANK YOU.

I SAY THANK YOU.

I'M GRATEFUL, YEAH.

>> I'M SO GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME

TOGETHER.

OH, ME TOO.

>> SO GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME

TOGETHER.

>> THANK YOU, ROBIN.

>> THANK YOU, CAROL.

>> Announcer: NEXT, WE'RE TAKING

YOU BACK TO SCHOOL, "ABBOTT

ELEMENTARY" THAT IS.

>> AND I LIKE TO FIGHT.

>> Announcer: WHAT MADE QUINTA

BRUNSON REACT LIKE THIS?

>> OH, WOW.

>> Announcer: WHEN WE RETURN.

>>> WHAT IT DO, CAMERA CREW?

>> Robin: SEASON AFTER SEASON

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH.

>> WELCOME BACK, IT'S CAREER DAY

TODAY UNFORTUNATELY.

>> Robin: AND DON'T DARE LOOK

AWAY.

THE HIT MOCKUMENTARY ABC SITCOM,

"ABBOTT ELEMENTARY," GARNERING

NINE EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR SEASON

THREE, THE MOST THE COMEDY HAS

EVER RECEIVED.

ALL LED BY THE QUINTA BRUNSON.

>> SHOW RUNNER, LEAD ACTRESS,

PRODUCING, YOU WEAR SO MANY

DIFFERENT HATS.

HOW DO YOU DO IT?

>> ONE HAT AT A TIME, AND BEING

REALLY GOOD AT SWITCHING THEM ON

AND OFF.

>> YOU EXCITED ABOUT EMMY NIGHT?

>> I AM.

YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE FUN.

GETTING TO SEE PEOPLE WHOSE WORK

YOU ADMIRE, AND GETTING TO

ACTUALLY TELL THEM, YOUR SHOW

BRIGHTENED UP MY DAY, OR, YOUR

SHOW MADE ME CRY.

THAT KIND OF STUFF IS EXCITING

TO ME.

>> Robin: LAST SEASON, QUINTA

TAKING HOME THE EMMY FOR BEST

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES.

SHE'S UP AGAIN FOR HER STARRING

ROLE AS JANINE.

>> GOING BACK TO SEASON ONE AND

JANINE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS SECOND

GRADE TEACHER WHO'S JUST TRYING

REALLY HARD.

AND TO SEE HER PROGRESSION AND

THE AUDIENCE HAS BOUGHT INTO HER

TRANSFORMATION.

>> THEY SURE DID, YEAH.

I LOVE THAT THEY'RE ON THE RIDE

WITH US AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP

DOING THAT.

>> Reporter: THE COMEDY

CHRONICLES INNER CITY

PHILADELPHIA EDUCATORS DOING THE

BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT LITTLE

THEY HAVE.

>> NOW LET'S SEE THOSE CHEETAHS.

>> I BROUGHT A FAKE SLOTH.

>> REALLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU

BROUGHT?

>> Robin: AND ROMANCE THAT HEATS

UP --

>> I FIXED YOUR LIGHT.

>> Robin: -- IN THE SEASON THREE

FINALE.

>> QUINTA, QUINTA, QUINTA!

>> Robin: IT'S HERE IN L.A.

WHERE QUINTA GOT HER START IN

STAND-UP, LIKE AT "LAUGH

FACTORY."

>> PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, YOU ARE SO

SHORT.

ARE YOU OKAY?

DO YOU GET THE HANDICAP THING

FOR YOUR CAR?

>> Robin: THE INTERNET SENSATION

FORGING HER PATH TO CREATE

"ABBOTT."

THE SHOW, A PLAYGROUND FOR GUEST

STARS.

EVEN BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE,

AYO EDEBIRI, PREVIOUSLY PLAYING

JANINE'S SISTER.

>> BOTH IN COMEDY, WOMEN IN

COMEDY.

AND TO BE ON THE RISE AS YOU

BOTH ARE, YOU SHARE THAT.

>> SHE'S MORE THAN A FRIEND.

I CALL HER MY AUNT/NIECE/COUSIN.

IT'S INVALUABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE

WHO'S SO CLOSE TO YOU AND GOING

THROUGH THE SAME THINGS YOU ARE.

AND I'M PROUD OF HER.

>> Robin: AYO KNOWN FOR HER

AWARD-WINNING ROLE IN FX'S "THE

BEAR."

>> "THE BEAR!"

>> Robin: THE REIGNING CHAMP

WILL DUKE IT OUT WITH "ABBOTT,"

"CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM," AND

OTHERS FOR OUTSTANDING COMEDY

SERIES.

>> I'VE WATCHED EVERY EPISODE OF

"ABBOTT."

I WATCHED "HACKS."

THE THIRD SEASON WAS ACTUALLY

PROBABLY MY FAVORITE OF THE

THREE.

>> Robin: LIONEL BOYCE,

ALONGSIDE CASTMATE,

LIZA COLON-ZAYAS --

>> WHAT'S UP, T?

HOW YOU DOING?

>> Robin: -- ARE BOTH FIRST TIME

NOMINEES FOR THEIR SUPPORTING

PERFORMANCES IN "THE BEAR,"

MAKING HISTORY FOR ITS RECORD

23 EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR SEASON

TWO, THE MOST EVER EARNED BY A

COMEDY SERIES.

>> PEOPLE TALK ABOUT "THE BEAR."

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A PART OF

A SHOW LIKE THAT?

>> BEFORE THIS, I WOULD ALWAYS

THINK ABOUT, LIKE, "I WONDER

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A PART OF

SOMETHING THAT'S A HIT."

AND THEN IT HAPPENS, AND YOU'RE

JUST, LIKE, WATCHING IT UNFOLD

IN REAL-TIME.

AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, OH, OKAY,

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MEANS

SOMETHING.

>> Robin: IT'S THE STORY OF A

RESTAURANT IN NEED OF A REVAMP

AFTER A FAMILY TRAGEDY.

>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE SIX MONTHS

TO OPEN.

>> SIX MONTHS?

THAT'S BEING, WHAT?

CONFIDENT?

>> COCKY?

>> CRAZY!

>> Robin: THE STAKES ARE HIGH

AND EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

>> THANK YOU, CHEF.

>> Robin: LIONEL PLAYS MARCUS,

THE EVEN KEELED ASPIRING PASTRY

CHEF WHO WORKS HARD TO IMPROVE

HIS SKILLS, TRAVELING TO

COPENHAGEN TO TRAIN WITH CHEF

LUCA.

GUEST ACTOR, WILL POULTER, IS

ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE EPISODE.

>> I LOVE WILL.

HE'S VERY INTO FOOD.

HE BROUGHT SOME COOKIES HE MADE.

I'M NOT, LIKE, A HUGE COOKIE

PERSON, BUT I WAS, LIKE, THESE

ARE AMAZING.

>> HOW COULD YOU NOT BE AFTER

ALL THOSE PASTRIES THAT YOU

MAKE --

>> I LOVE CAKE.

>> -- ON THE SHOW?

>> I LOVE CAKES MORE.

I MEAN, I DON'T MAKE THAT A LOT.

TO BE FAIR, YOU DON'T SEE ME

MAKING COOKIES IN THE SHOW.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

DONUTS I'VE SEEN, CAKES YOU'VE

SEEN --

>> YEAH, WHICH I LOVE BOTH.

>> Robin: MEANWHILE LIZA'S

CHARACTER, TINA, SHARPENING HER

CRAFT AT CULINARY SCHOOL.

>> EXCELLENT CUT CHEF.

>> THANK YOU, CHEF.

>> YOUR CASTMATE, LIZA, HER

FIRST TIME AS A NOMINEE.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT

THAT?

>> I'M OVER THE MOON FOR THAT.

I MEAN, I LOVE LIZA.

SHE'S JUST BEEN WORKING FOR SO

LONG, AND INCREDIBLY TALENTED

AND DESERVING.

I FELT MORE HAPPY FOR HER BEING

NOMINATED THAN MYSELF.

>> Robin: A STAGE AND SCREEN

VETERAN WHO WORKED IN THE

INDUSTRY FOR NEARLY THREE

DECADES BEFORE LANDING HER

BREAKOUT ROLE.

>> I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT I

JUST AM TINA.

THAT BEING TINY AND LATINA, I

MEAN, I COME FROM STRONG WOMEN.

>> Robin: LIZA'S UP AGAINST A

STACKED CATEGORY FOR OUTSTANDING

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

SERIES.

>> IT'S PEOPLE I REALLY, TRULY,

TRULY LOOK UP TO.

I'M ABOUT THE WORK AND ABOUT THE

RESPECT.

BUT TO HAVE THAT VALIDATION, YOU

KNOW, IT FEELS AMAZING.

>> Robin: FINDING HEART AND

HUMOR THROUGH THEIR HOMETOWNS,

BOTH "THE BEAR" AND "ABBOTT

ELEMENTARY" BRING THEIR BELOVED

CITIES TO LIFE.

>> CHICAGO IS SYNONYMOUS WITH

"THE BEAR."

>> THAT'S A COOL THING THAT THIS

SHOW DOES.

IT'S SPECIFIC IN THE WAY WHERE

THEY'RE SHOOTING AT PLACES WITH

INTENTIONALITY.

SO, IT FEELS ALIVE IN THIS WAY,

WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, I WANT TO GO

THERE, I WANT TO SEE IT.

>> "ABBOTT ELEMENTARY," IT HAS

TO BE PHILLY.

>> YES.

I'M PUMPED TO CONTINUE OUR

TRADITION OF MAKING PHILLY KNOWN

TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

>> AND YOU'RE A WEST PHILLY

GIRL.

STARTED IN DANCE, I BELIEVE.

>> YEP.

>> A MENTOR OF YOURS HAS A

SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR YOU.

>> OH, WOW.

>> MISS QUINTA BRUNSON, IT'S

MISS HOLLIE.

HOW YOU DOING, BABY?

CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR

SUCCESS AND YOUR EMAIL IN

NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

>> All: HI, QUINTA.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM L AND L

DANCE PRODUCTIONS.

>> OH, WOW, THAT'S REALLY SWEET.

>> All: WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

>> THAT'S REALLY -- THAT'S

CRAZY.

>> WHY DOES THAT BRING TEARS TO

YOUR EYES?

>> THAT'S JUST A SMALL DANCE

SCHOOL IN WEST PHILLY.

THAT WAS WHERE I LEARNED TO BE

ON STAGE.

I WAS AT THAT DANCE SCHOOL EVERY

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND

SATURDAY.

SO THAT WAS HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

GIRLS WHO ARE FROM WHERE I'M

FROM, THOSE KIND OF SPACES ARE

SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY KEEP YOU

OUT OF TROUBLE AND GIVE YOU AN

ENVIRONMENT TO BELIEVE IN

YOURSELF.

>> YOU ARE HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY

RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN BE BROUGHT

TO TEARS THINKING OF THE

GRATITUDE THAT YOU HAVE.

>> THAT'S VERY SWEET.

>> Announcer: COMING UP, FROM

FATHER AND SON TO FIRST TIME

EMMY CO-HOSTS.

>> THE CHALLENGE IS NOT

HUMILIATING YOURSELF ON NATIONAL

TELEVISION IN FRONT OF MILLIONS

OF PEOPLE.

>> THAT'S ONE.

>> Announcer: NEXT.

>>> I MEAN, PERSONALLY, FOR ME,

COMEDY'S ALL ABOUT -- IF I'M

GONNA GO DOWN, I WANNA TAKE

SOMEBODY WITH ME.

LUCKILY I'VE GOT MY SON HERE.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S -- THAT'S GOOD FATHERLY

ADVICE.

>> Reporter: HONED BY THEIR

REAL-LIFE ROLES AS FATHER AND

SON, THIS YEAR'S EMMY HOSTS,

DAN LEVY AND EUGENE LEVY, SET TO

SHOWCASE THEIR EMMY-WINNING

COMIC CHEMISTRY FAMOUSLY

FEATURED ON THEIR SITCOM

"SCHITT'S CREEK."

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO OF

YOU, THE FIRST FATHER AND SON

DUO EVER TO HOST THE EMMYS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> MEANS WE'RE THE FIRST,

DOESN'T IT?

I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

>> THE CHALLENGE IS NOT

HUMILIATING YOURSELF ON NATIONAL

TELEVISION IN FRONT OF MILLIONS

AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

>> THAT'S ONE.

>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT

IT IS THAT THE TWO OF YOU DO

WHEN --

>> BICKERING.

>> -- YOU'RE TOGETHER,

BICKERING?

>> IT'S A BICKER BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S A GENERAL LACK OF RESPECT.

>> WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

WHAT IS THAT, A NIGHTGOWN?

>> IT'S A NIGHTSHIRT, DAVID.

>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK THE

NIGHTGOWN FIRST.

THERE'S A WHOLE EBENEZER SCROOGE

THING HAPPENING.

>> OH, MY GOD, THAT'S WHO I WAS

THINKING OF.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL DO IT

MYSELF.

>> MY BEST TO BOB CRATCHIT.

>> WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO

HAVE A KIND OF CHEMISTRY THAT

WORKS ON AN AWARD SHOW.

>> IT'S ALSO THE KIND OF

CHEMISTRY THAT WAS ON "SCHITT'S

CREEK."

IT CAME FROM A VERY, VERY REAL

PLACE.

>> Reporter: AT THE 2020 EMMYS,

THE TV ACADEMY AND A

COVID-SCARRED COUNTRY GRATEFUL

TO BE UP THE CREEK.

THE CANADIAN SERIES SWEEPING THE

COMEDY CATEGORIES.

EUGENE LEVY WINNING TWO EMMYS

AND DAN LEVY WINNING FOUR EMMYS

THAT YEAR, FOR ACTING, WRITING,

DIRECTING, AND PRODUCING.

THE SHOW'S WARM, WITTY VIBE A

TOUCHSTONE FOR THIS EMMY GIG.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR

APPROACH IS WHAT WE APPROACH

EVERYTHING WE DO, WHICH IS,

WHAT WE APPROACH EVERYTHING WE

DO.

IT'S WITH A HEART AND KINDNESS

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOT

LOSING THE EDGE OF WHAT PEOPLE

COME TO EXPECT FROM A HOST.

SO IT'S RIDING THAT BALANCE.

WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL

WELCOME.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO -- WE NEED

TO MAKE SOME --

>> WE'VE GOTTA BE FUNNY.

>> -- JOKES.

I ALSO THINK AS CANADIANS, IT'S

IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE YOURSELF

SERIOUSLY AND TRY TO NOT BOMB.

>> THAT'S THE CANADIAN WAY.

YES, GET OUT THERE AND DON'T

BOMB.

>> Reporter: THEY'RE ONLY THE

SECOND DUO TO HOST THE EMMYS IN

THE 21st CENTURY, MICHAEL CHE

AND COLIN JOST BEING THE OTHER

PAIR.

BUT BACK IN THE DAY --

>> "I LOVE LUCY."

>> Reporter: LUCY AND DESI DID

IT TOGETHER IN BLACK AND WHITE

IN THE 1950s, TAKING HOME EMMYS

OF THEIR OWN AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THANKS VERY VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN.

>> reporter: FUTURE "20/20" HOST

HUGH DOWNS PARTNERED WITH LATE

NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST JOEY BISHOP

IN 1967, THE YEAR "THE MONKEES"

WON COMEDY SERIES.

AND IN 1982, THE YEAR

MARLO THOMAS AND JOHN FORSYTHE

HOSTED, EUGENE LEVY WON HIS

FIRST OF TWO '80s EMMYS FOR THE

GREAT SKETCH SHOW "SCTV," WHERE

HE WROTE AND PERFORMED ALONGSIDE

"CREEK'S" CATHERINE O'HARA, AND

SANG TOO, FOR A PRODUCTION

NUMBER THAT HELPED TO OPEN AN

AWARDS SHOW SEND-UP.

♪ NOW AIN'T THAT GRAND ♪

>> IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT, AND

I'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T.

>> WELL, CLEARLY I --

>> YOU SHOULD WATCH IT JUST TO

SEE WHAT YOUR DAD WAS DOING LIKE

WAY BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.

>> Reporter: DAD'S DEBUT ON MTV

CANADA IN 2006 EUGENE'S ROLE IN

A 1970 COLLEGE PLAY.

GETTING THEIR PICTURES IN THE

LOCAL PAPER WHEN THEY WERE EACH

23 OR SO.

>> LOOK AT THE WAY YOU LOOK AND

LOOK AT THE WAY I LOOK.

AND YOU WONDER WHY I WASN'T

GETTING WORK.

>> Reporter: HE'S GETTING PLENTY

OF WORK NOW.

HE'S IN SEASON FOUR OF "ONLY

MURDERS IN THE BUILDING" AS AN

ACTOR PREPPING TO PLAY

STEVE MARTIN'S CHARACTER IN A

FILM.

>> WELL AT OUR AGE, NO ONE'S

EVER REALLY TOTALLY FINE, ARE

WE?

YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYONE'S GOT

NOW -- SEPSIS.

>> OH, EXCUSE -- OH, MY GOD,

IT'S MY OLD FRIEND.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE AS ADVICE

IN TERMS OF HOSTING THE EMMYS

THIS YEAR?

>> I DON'T THINK I COULD GIVE

HIM ADVICE BECAUSE HE HAS HIS

OWN COMIC PERSONA.

IT'S LIKE IF WE, ALL THREE OF US

IN A ROOM, AND HE'S TALKING FAST

AND I'M TALKING FAST AND THEN

EUGENE TALKS, HE SLOWS IT RIGHT

DOWN.

>> BECAUSE ONE THING ABOUT AN

AWARD SHOW, YOU ALWAYS WISH IT

WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

>> SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK

OUT WELL.

>> I THINK HE AND DANIEL ARE

>> Reporter: THE "ONLY MURDERS"

CAST SET TO PRESENT ON THE SHOW,

WITH ONE OF ITS LATEST SEASON'S

FEATURED ACTORS GIVEN HER OWN

CHANCE TO SHINE.

>> WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS GREAT

COACH'S MOMENT LED BY

JANE LYNCH, WHO WAS AN AMAZING

COACH ON "GLEE."

SHE DEFINED WHAT A COACH SHOULD

BE.

SHE'S AMAZING.

WE HAVE A GREAT MOMENT BUILT

AROUND HER AND IT'S TIED TO AN

AMAZING SURPRISE.

>> THE EMOTION OF THE NIGHT IS

FRONT AND FOREMOST IN MY MIND.

THAT'S A REALLY JOYOUS THING.

>> I THINK WE JUST WANT IT TO BE

GREAT.

WE WANT IT TO BE SMART.

WE WANT IT TO MEAN SOMETHING.

WE WANT IT TO BE FUN.

>> WE REALLY HOPE THAT IT'S JUST

A FUN VIBE AND IT'S A VERY

CELEBRATORY NIGHT.

>> Reporter: BOTH OF THESE HOSTS

APPRECIATE THE IMPACT OF AN EMMY

OR TWO, WITH DAN LEVY RECALLING

GROWING UP WITH HIS FATHER'S

STATUES IN THEIR HOME.

>> GROWING UP, WE HAD THESE

DECAYING EMMY AWARDS SITTING ON

A SHELF.

AT ONE POINT SOMEONE HAD

TAKEN --

>> I DID.

>> -- SCOTCH TAPE AND TAPED THE

PLACARD THAT CAME OFF.

>> THEY WEREN'T BUILD THAT WELL

BACK THEN.

>> SO WHEN I GOT MINE, I JUST

THOUGHT, DON'T DO THAT.

TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEM, YOU

KNOW?

>> HEY, IT'S NOT LIKE I DIDN'T

TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE I PICKED IT UP

EVERY DAY AND WAS WAVING IT

AROUND AND SPINNING IT.

YOU KNOW?

BUT WE LOVED HAVING THEM ON

OUR --

>> THEY WERE FUN.

>> -- ON OUR SHELVES.

>> GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR TALKING TO ME.

>> THANK YOU.

IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE.

>> I'M NOT FINISHED YET.

>> LIKEWISE.

>>> I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO,

SWEETHEART.

>> Announcer: WHEN WE RETURN,

ONE FINAL SURPRISE.

PASSING THE COMEDY TORCH, NEXT.

>> Robin: BEFORE WE STAY GOOD

NIGHT, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER TWO

TRAIL BLAZERS, A FEW YEARS

APART, BUT UNITED IN MAKING US

LAUGH, MAKING US THINK AND

PAVING THE WAY.

FINALLY, WE HAVE ONE LAST BIT OF

EMMY MAGIC BEFORE THE NIGHT.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

>> HI, CAROL.

>> Robin: WE ARRANGED A SURPRISE

DROP-IN FROM THE CAROL BURNETT.

>> HI, CAROL.

>> OH, BEAUTIFUL.

HI, SWEETHEART.

>> OKAY, AND THE EMMY GOES TO --

QUINTA BRUNSON, "ABBOTT

ELEMENTARY."

>> Robin: AT "THE 75th PRIMETIME

EMMY AWARDS," QUINTA RECEIVED

HER VERY FIRST ACTING EMMY FROM

THE COMEDY TV LEGEND, HERSELF.

>> WOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JUST -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY

I'M SO EMOTIONAL, I JUST THINK

THE CAROL BURNETT OF IT ALL.

>> I WAS REALLY JUST BLOWN AWAY,

BUT I NEVER GOT TO TELL YOU JUST

REALLY HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME,

AND GROWING UP WATCHING YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SWEETHEART.

>> I WAS REALLY CRYING FROM A

TRUE PLACE OF COMEDY, OF SEEING

YOU AND, LIKE, KNOWING THAT I

COULD DO IT.

AND --

>> LOOK AT HER.

>> I MEAN IT.

I WAS -- I WAS A MESS.

>> BLESS YOU.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU KNOW

THAT YOU BLAZED THIS TRAIL FOR

HER TO FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT YOU?

>> THAT IS SO SWEET.

NO, NO.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY, 'CAUSE I --

SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THAT.

IF I'D NEVER BEEN BORN, THEY'D

BE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT SOUNDS CORNY, BUT SEEING,

LIKE, "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW,"

THAT I NEVER QUESTIONED WHETHER

OR NOT I COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE

THAT BECAUSE IT WAS BEING DONE.

>> I FELT THAT WAY ABOUT LUCY.

>> YES.

>> SOMEBODY'S GONNA FEEL THAT

WAY ABOUT YOU.

>> YEAH, I HOPE SO.

THAT'S NICE.

>> THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY --

>> I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU --

>> OH, SWEETHEART --

>> I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE

HER AND SHE WANTED TO SEE YOU.

>> Robin: THAT WAS SO SPECIAL.

I ADORE THOSE TWO WOMEN.

BE SURE TO WATCH THE NOMINATED

SERIES WE DISCUSSED.

SOME AVAILABLE ON HULU RIGHT

NOW.

THIS SUNDAY NIGHT I'LL BE

HOSTING THE RED CARPET PRESHOW

STARTING AT 1:30 EASTERN WITH

WILL REEVE.

WE'LL GET YOU READY FOR THE

EMMYS.

WILL WILL BE LOOKING SHARP.

I'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO

WEAR MYSELF.

I'M ROBIN ROBERTS SAYING GOOD

NIGHT.