Kenan Thompson, one of the comedians in the cast of the historic Saturday Night Live show, will now host the Emmys. Photo: AP
Comic Kenan Thompsonveteran cast member Live Saturday nightwill lead the awards gala Emmy next September.
“Be a part of this amazing night as we honor the best in the television community It is ridiculously exciting and do it inside NBCmy longtime family chain makes it even more special, ”Thompson said in a statement released Tuesday by the mega-event organizers.
Kenan Thompson at the 2018 Emmys, alongside Sterling K. Brown, Kristen Bell, Tituss Burgess, Kate McKinnon and RuPaul. Photo: AP
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Thompson was on NBC’s night comedy show since 2003 and returns for its 20th season this fall.
Your work inside SNL It earned him – quite enough – three Emmy nominations as a supporting actor and won a trophy in 2018 as a co-author of the song’s lyrics. Come back, Barakwhich appeared as a program curtain.
He also earned a lead actor nomination last year for his comedy series Kenanwhich NBC canceled in May after two seasons.
in its leafy CV Thompson is said to have been a member of the original cast member of the Nickelodeon children’s sitcom everything (“All That and More”) and who starred opposite Kel Mitchell in the spin-off series Kenan and Kel.
In film, his credits include Clifford the great red dog (“Cifford the Big Red Dog”) e Barbershop 2: back in business (“The Barbershop 2: Back in Business”).
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Brian Cox, from the Succession series, the most Emmy nominated of 2022. Photo: HBO Max
The Emmy ceremony will be on September 12 and will air live on NBC and the streaming service peacock. The main candidates include the plays Succession Y Squid game and comedies Ted Lasso, Hacks and only murders in the building.
Last month, the United States Television Academy held a virtual meeting to announce candidates for the Emmy Awardsor your selection of TV series and content broadcast between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022.
The count gave as chief Successionwith 25 nominationsfollowed by ted lasso Y The white lotus with 20.
At the same time, Britney Spears, Adele, Tony Bennett and Lady GagaZendaya, Donald Glover and the Beatles are among the musicians who appeared yesterday on the list of nominees for the Emmy Awards of American television.
Britney Spears, the pop diva, nominated for an Emmy. Photo: Instagram @britneyspears
The pop diva appears indirectly because it is named Britney Spears control (New York Times Presents) in the Special Documentary or Non-fiction category.
in the category Best Special Variety they nominated Adele: One Night Only and One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.
In Adele’s case, she had already been appointed six years ago Adele: You live in New Yorkwhile Bennett and Gaga were named seven years ago, for Cheek to Cheek Live!. In turn, Tony won in this category in 2007, for Tony Bennett: An American Classic.
In the end, more than 50 years after their separationthe Beatles were nominated for the series The Beatles: Go backdirected by Peter Jackson. In previous editions there were three other Beatles programs that had been named: The Beatles: Eight days a week – The years of the tour (2017), The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (CBS) e The Beatles Anthology (nineteen ninety six).
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