NBC just revealed that this year’s Emmys will be hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che, which elicited a lot of eye-rolling amongst those who had forgotten Lorne Michaels would be producing this year’s ceremony — and that these shows have a tradition of being hosted by talent native to the network.
There is definitely one upside to the news: The last time a person of color hosted the Emmys was 1996, when Oprah Winfrey hosted with Michael J. Fox and Paul Reiser (the ’90s!). That is far too long a gap, and correcting it here with Che is a good move.
But the last time any major awards show — the Oscars, Emmys, or Golden Globes — was hosted by a woman was 2015, when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler dropped the mic at the Globes. And the last time the Emmys was Mc’ed by a woman was 2011, when Jane Lynch...
There is definitely one upside to the news: The last time a person of color hosted the Emmys was 1996, when Oprah Winfrey hosted with Michael J. Fox and Paul Reiser (the ’90s!). That is far too long a gap, and correcting it here with Che is a good move.
But the last time any major awards show — the Oscars, Emmys, or Golden Globes — was hosted by a woman was 2015, when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler dropped the mic at the Globes. And the last time the Emmys was Mc’ed by a woman was 2011, when Jane Lynch...
- 4/26/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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