The 2022 Emmys handed out awards to Succession, Squid Game, Abbott Elementary, The White Lotus, Ted Lasso, Lizzo's Here's To The Big Grrrls and others. We've got five things you need to know.
. There were very strange music choices and bits that dragged on too long . But there were also great speeches and encouraging wins, and we're here to look at five takeaways from the ceremony as a whole. 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.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. She then spoke rousingly, beautifully and encouragingly about the importance of never giving up your dreams and how you should value all the people who take care of you.
At the same time winners fought for spare seconds, dull montages that were little more than"here are some TV shows" were allowed to linger, as were scripted bits that seemed less satisfying than the cut-off speeches, even when those sketches were performed by able comedians like host Kenan Thompson and the very funny Bowen Yang.
streak of four wins in the reality competition category. That win led to a powerful and joyful speech from Lizzo about the importance of representation — a running theme over the course of the evening.Even with competition running hot in almost every category and a lack of shows dominating the awards the way sitcoms like