Emmys 2024: The Bear is sweeping up the awards already with ...

Wait, The Bear is a comedy?!!? How did it end up in that category! Surely its a drama!

- Darcy

Darcy, you're not alone: Dan and Eugene Levy even made a joke about it during their opening monologue.

In the true spirit of The Bear, we will not be making any jokes.

People online are confused too. It didn't make sense last Emmys, and it still doesn't make sense now!

Quite simply, it's a comedy because The Bear elected itself as a comedy.

You could be cynical and say that putting a heavy show filled with intense performances against what's deemed to be lighter fare is a strategic move to win more...

Either way, The Bear probably wouldn't have the same track record if it was deemed a drama, competing with the likes of Succession, The Crown and  Shogun.

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Henry Winkler and Ron Howard! On stage! And Henry hit the jukebox!

They've been doing a couple of 'set recreations' tonight but this is my fave so far.

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And this time it's for creator Richard Gadd, looking spiffy in a kilt.

"This is the stuff of dreams, thank you to Netflix for letting me to tell this story.

"10 years ago I was down and out. I never thought I'd get my life together. I never thought I'd get myself together and here I am 10 years later getting one of the biggest writing awards in television

"No matter how bad it gets it always gets better, so if you're struggling, keep going I promise it'll get better."

Something tells me this isn't going to be the last time we see Gadd on stage tonight.

Sorry for anyone that expected the Fresh Prince to get up right then, the Best Writing for a Drama Series went to Will Smith, the director and showrunner of Slow Horses.

Props to him he did acknowledge the shared name up top of his speech.

"Despite my name I come in peace."

The other Will Smith is currently a couple years into a 10-year ban from the Oscars after he slapped Chris Rock on stage in 2022.

As of the Creative Arts Emmys, two people have joined the coveted EGOT club: the list of people who have won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

Composers and lyricist duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are the 20th and 21st EGOTs, winning Oustanding Original Music and Lyrics for Only Murders in the Building's third season.

They join the likes Audrey Hepburn, John Legend, Viola Davis and, most recently, Elton John, who was the last to reach EGOT status in January at the 2023 Emmys.

Nobody will be joining the gang tonight, as Pasek and Paul were the last GOTs (ie. they are just a Emmy away) for now.

(FYI, Vulture continually update their list of people just one award away. I'm sure Eminem is secretly gunning for that Tony.)

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Jonathan Bailey — Fellow Travelers

Robert Downey Jr. — The Sympathizer

Tom Goodman-Hill — Baby Reindeer

John Hawkes — True Detective: Night Country

Lamorne Morris — Fargo

Lewis Pullman — Lessons In Chemistry

Treat Williams  — Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

While awarding Best Variety Talk Series, Billy Crystal opened his diary to read his entries after appearing on each show.

The Daily Show: Had a great time with John [Stewart]. John said, 'Let's meet after, we'll have didnner right after the show.' I waited and he was gone.

Late Night wth Seth Meyers: Terrific interviewer, terrific writer. He said, 'Let's go to to the Pebble Bar and have a drink'. And I waited, and they said he had gone home.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Brilliant guy. I wonder if he's ever seen himself naked.

I didn't say they were funny! I said these are first impressions.

Cyrstal also shouted out his first time on the Jonny Carson show, acknowledging how late-night appearances can make a comedian's career.

All very cute. Who wouldn't want to have dinner with this man?

The late night stalwart left The Daily Show in 2015 but returned at the start of the year after Trevor Noah stepped down.

"You have made an old man very happy."

"This is remarkable to have an opportunity to work with such a wonderful crew, once a week."

And there was a shout out for comedian Ronny Chieng who got his start in comedy in Australia.

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 The black and white Talented Mr Ripley adaption has snagged its first award for the night, they're up for a handful more in the limited series categories so it might be a case of Ripley V Baby Reindeer.

If you haven't caught the eight-part series, here's a little more info from our Entertainment friend Yasmin Jeffrey.

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As Kristen Wiig, Seth Meyers, Bowen Yang and Maya Rudolph took the stage to award Best Variety Special Writing, they took the opportunity to address Saturday Night Live missing out on the previously award. 

It was the show's 85th loss, prompting them to find SNL's exec producer/creator Lorne Michaels in the crowd and give him a pep talk - ones that sounded like they had been on the receiving end many times before.

As Yang told Michaels, "it's okay that SNL didn't work out", imploring him to get back up and try again. Or, as Rudolph put it:

"Look at me. Each and every one of the 85 times you lost, you were robbed. You were R-O-B-B-E-D. Ro-be-Duh!"

SNL's resident straight man Meyers reminded us that SNL may have lost 85 awards, but has won more than 100 times. Rudolph: "I can't believe you're complaining Lorne. Grow up!"

As Micahels always does, he sat there stone-faced in every reaction shot.

Wow, an emotional speech from comedian Alex Edelman as his show Just For Us wins Best Variety Special Writing.

"Oh gosh, I'm gonna cry in front of Carol Burnett."

Edelman was close to tears as he thanked his late director Adam Brace, who passed away last year.

"This is really beautiful, I really miss Adam, this is the end of a seven year journey with the show and this is a really great way to end."

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Alex Edelman: Just For Us

The Oscars

John Early: Now More Than Ever

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man And The Pool

Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees