Emmy night was a big one for a lot of different shows
Squid Game, Succession, Ted Lasso, The White Lotus.
There were very strange music choices (why did Jesse Armstrong collect an Emmy for writing Succession and walk on stage to
"Shake Your Booty"?) and bits that dragged on too long
(especially Jimmy Kimmel's play-dead routine that lasted right through Quinta Brunson's win for comedy writing for Abbott Elementary).
But there were also great speeches and encouraging wins
we're here to look at five takeaways from the ceremony as a whole. (Here's a complete list of winners.)
There are years when you have to try to figure out what was the best moment of the ceremony; this was not one of those years.
When Sheryl Lee Ralph accepted the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary,
her speech was not only the best moment of the night, but it's up there for the best moment of the Emmys... maybe ever?
Ralph took the stage and sang Dianne Reeves' "Endangered Species" a cappella — something few people could do effectively.